[Story] Chopin wrote one of the greatest pieces in history while living in exile, broke, and slowly dying of tuberculosis

The Ballade No. 1 in G minor was written when he was in his mid-20s, living in Paris having fled Poland, which had been crushed by Russian occupation. He had no money, his health was already failing, and he never made it home. What he left behind instead was this, whats your excuse?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phtI2ohZ1eQ