Hi, my mom has Hep C, she didn't know and has had it for about 25 years, two years ago she was diagnosed due to a bleed in her esophagus, she was put on the transplant list, 5 months ago we found out that she had a tumor on her liver, which was actually good news because it mover her closer to transplant on the waiting list, then 3 months ago after getting a TACE procedure done we found out that the tumor had spread to her portal vein, her hepatologist had said that the tumor was growing at a rate of 33% and that she had 6 months to a year of life left, no transplant, our world crumbled, anyways, my mom is now living with me so I can take care of her and have some memories made, I have 6 young children (4,6,9,11,11,13), things have been hard, we are 3 months in to our 6-12 month wait, I was just wondering, she has been very tired sleeping about 20 hrs a day, very irritable, cant eat without throwing up, she cant even keep her lactulose down and that one is crucial, she has cataracts in both eyes and is partially deaf, needless to say she feels like giving up, she is in constant pain and her doc basically says that things are just running their coarse, he doesn't want to do any more mri's because the results wont change anything, I was just wondering, if anyone has dealt with this and a loved one before and what can I expect?... how accurate are the docs when they say 6-12 months?... I just want to prepare myself, I love her very much and feel that I kinda need to know what to expect and when....like I said, I have 6 children and I wouldn't want something horrible to happen here at home, she refuses to go to hospice though, she still can carry on a conversation and she still thinks fairly clearly, just mostly not eating more than a 1yr olds portion per day at most, if that, and even sometimes going days with no food, she is drinking ensure, and sleeping a lot, is all this normal progression?....any feedback or stories would help....