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Man With Amnesia Lost 46 Years in Workplace Slip

One Year After the Accident

Bolzan continues to see the doctor about insomnia, and his terrible migraine headaches. A neuropsychologist helps him cope with the anxiety that comes with being forever disoriented.

A year after the accident, at age 47, Bolzan and his family celebrated his one-year-old memory with a birthday cake.

He will never fly planes again, and he lost the business knowledge required to run his company. But he has taken up two new passions: writing and motivational speaking.

"I think this whole process is kind of like the grieving process. At first I was very sad, very shocked, then I was scared, then I was mad, then I just accepted it," Bolzan said.

Doctors say he'll never be able to recover his memory. But Bolzan continues one day at a time, to create memories that will hopefully, last a lifetime.

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