New career
Whether or not this was all a lie was not the point of the story. He was making a new life for himself as a fortune teller. In his hometown, people would come from far and wide and give him money in exchange for information. They all wanted to know if he had seen them while in his coma.
Jan would sit in his living room and tell people what he saw and what they could expect in their future. He was good at this type of thing and most people left feeling pleased about what he had said to them. Whether or not any of it was true would be revealed at a different time.