Rheumatism of the heart...

And there comes a time of love when we drink cups of oblivion like someone addicted to pain pills, accustomed to joint pain...filling them with short-acting drugs...excessive use...without hope of a complete recovery...in vain...we try to control the symptoms of a disease that we think may go away with the passing of days...until we finally discover...that the disability has become permanent...and that the malignant has eaten away at the heart until it is classified under the category of endemic diseases.