You know CW, I bet there's not very many of us, our MLCers included, that didn't become complacent at least some of the time during our M.
RL sets in and sometimes it's all you can do just to tread water. I imagine you especially when you were fighting your illness thought that just being able to tread water was a good day.
The difference between your illness and your H's is that you came back swinging. Your H decided that running away and using ow as a band-aid was the way to go.
There's a strength there CW, and I have no doubt that you'll be more than OK no matter how your sitch turns out!