The bronchitis laid me out for close to three weeks...a bad one...
Re. fret wear...well, if you play a lot, they'll wear out. My CR is about six years old. I'll do a level, crown, and polish on it soon, and it should be good for another two or three years. Then it'll need a refret. So what! I'll refret it. It's time and about six bucks worth of fret wire...if that. It is odd to see more wear under the first three strings, but even though I use a lot of closed barred or four finger chords, I guess it makes sense. But I really don't care. They wear, I replace. No big deal. With modern fretting techniques, there is basically no limit to the number of times a fingerboard can be refretted until the wear of the wood itself between the strings and frets becomes a major issue, and even that can be dealt with pretty effectively. There's no reason why a uke, guitar, or bass fretboard cannot be restored over a good 100 + year lifetime of heavy playing before replacing the fingerboard itself becomes a reasonable option. And then...just replace it.
Good instruments are worth repairing and restoring. Just ask any violinist playing a Strad or Guarneri. Those are 300 plus years old...and are still being valued as instruments as well as collectibles.