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Cody Bryant, a brain injury survivor, is opening up about his remarkable recovery journey and evolving purpose in life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
He made headlines last year after sharing with PEOPLE and others how he lost his memories in an accident while on vacation and had to rediscover himself and his girlfriend at the time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Beyond advocacy work, Bryant continues pursuing adventure travel, including a solo hike of Mount Kilimanjaro<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It was\u00a0an irresistible headline<\/a>\u00a0and about an \u201cinsane situation\u201d: a couple who had to fall back in love after the boyfriend lost his memories in an accident.<\/p>\n More than a year after Cody Bryant\u2019s romance with Haley Woloshen first drew national attention \u2014 in PEOPLE, on the\u00a0Today<\/em>\u00a0show<\/a> \u2014 he is sharing an update about healing from the brain injury<\/a> that caused all the commotion as well as where things stand with Woloshen now.<\/p>\n The good news? He\u2019s finally \u201cfeeling like I\u2019m me.\u201d<\/p>\n That wasn\u2019t always the case. Far from it.<\/p>\n On Sept. 6, 2022, Bryant was in a horrific moped crash while on a trip with friends to Ibiza, off the coast of Spain. He was left in a five-day coma before his family was able to get him to America for treatment.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the early days, they didn\u2019t know if I was even going to live, and if I was going to live, they were not sure I\u2019d make it out of a vegetative state,\u201d Bryant, 37, says now. \u201cSo the outlook was very bleak.\u201d<\/p>\n Back home in California, Bryant reconnected with Woloshen while in a rehab facility, though his brain injury caused him to forget their brief but ardent bond.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw all the messages I had sent to Haley and I was like, \u2018Whoa, I must have liked this girl,\u2019 \u201d he previously told PEOPLE<\/p>\n