MD,
I think someone may have already mentioned it up above, but if you treat your wife like the absolute queen (that she is). Showing her through words, expressions, actions, etc, I can't see how anything negative should come out of this.
There is only one thing that a women needs to know. That her husband is thinking about HER all day long. If he brings home a gift, she sees that he was thinking about her even when they weren't together. Your wife's shock is that you gaver her information which showed that you were thinking of "other" women. BUT, when she sees, that they meant absolutely NOTHING to you, they were all just part of an illness, and you show her that she is the ONLY one in your life, (by doing the above), then she will be convinced.