Ask HN: How did your life change after illness?

Have you ever gotten so ill or sick that you decided or needed to change everything about your life?

It doesn't necessarily need to be that you're mentally or physically incapable of doing what you used to; it could also be that your perspective on life changed and you just couldn't bring yourself to continue living the way that you were.

If so, what happened? How are you now? How is your life different now than before?