Liver Failure and cirrhosis death, anyone go through this?

[Mary Z]

If you have lost a friend or close relative to liver failure and cirhosis, please share with me the amount of time they had in "end stage". We are trying to get some idea of what to expect....I have posted on the liver forum...but decided to ask here as well. Thank you all for your time!
Mary Z

[Sismi]

My brother has been in the hospital 3 times since June. Has paracentesis once a week, has had bleeding esophageal varices and now has had one bout of hepatic encephalopathy and is now on lactulose. He is also diabetic so kidneys are also an issue. He is unable to get out of bed by himself and can only take few steps. Eyes are a bit jaundiced and also has skin issues. All this in 2 months. I know drs can't predict time but I would like to have some idea from experience of others what may be his time left here.

[scintilate]

"I kept buying the booze. It is as if I killed her. I should have done more. She doesn't know yet but she feels it. We see the doctor tomorrow"

Hi Marty.  I wanted to comment on your post by saying, in no way is you buying her booze  anything near "you killed her".  I would think that you made the last years of her life happy by not forcing or demanding she quit drinking since she clearly liked it.  

[cat33]

    I totally agree and had it all taken care of about 6 years ago. I also have my other arrangements taken care of ,I just told my husband what I wanted and he took care of the rest.                    cat33

[luvrules]

my sister kimberly age 45 died last week after having all th sam exact end.I am so sorry her funeral is july 29th she stoppes drinking for 6 years but went to the hospital sick and would come out pretty much ok we had hope for a transplant but her doctor behind our back was neglagant and towards the end talked about getting sued ,he was not pro.I just want to ring his neck but i am to sad.I can and can't belive my sister was told 6 months and lived 6 years and passed the same way.she went peacefully and aware after being confused and said she was happy and comfortable moments before passing.God bless her and yours.It hurts so bad but the suffering is over she has a 10 year old son who never met his father because his father died in a car accident before my sister even knew she was pregnant.he never knew he had a son on the way.now my nephew who I love and help take care of has no father or mother.he is very well cared for but my parents are 67 and 68 and I'm 31a single fatheer to top it off.god has been helping and i am thankful.i am going to cry so hard at the funeral as wel as everyone, she and her husband were such good people.TO TOP IT OFF MY CAR WAS STOLEN AND CRASHED THE SAME DAY AND I CAN'T DRIVE MY SON TO CAMP.MY EMAIL IS ***@****

[twobodes]

In the summer of 2012 my long time friend was diagnosed with cirrhosis. My friend lives in Denver and I live in Maryland. I flew out to see him and he looked terrible. He was yellow, thin with a bloated belly, bled easily and couldn't write as well as he once could. I started reading a ton about end stage liver disease. It's so hard to realize that someone you have known your whole life and cared about had been drinking themselves to death. He seemed stable for a year, it's hard to tell being so far apart. He's been unable to work and has had to file for Medicaid and disability. We have children the same ages 10 and 7. He, his wife, his parents and his sister seem to be in complete denial of the rapid progression of this disease. He is rapidly loosing weight and unable to eat. He is in a great deal of pain and has difficulty walking and he can't sleep at night. I called this morning and his wife answered the phone and said he was "unable to talk".   I was scared thinking he was in a coma from HE. I could hear him in the background and guess he is just not able to cognate well.  I really cant believe he has made it this far. It's been over a year. I can't imagine it will be much longer. So glad I  have found this webpage and am finding comfort in the writings of others.

[Jarett88]

Hi my name Tricia. My mom found out she has Cirrhosis of the liver( january this year)
( she stopped drinking ) from years of Alcohol she is 67 years old.. Her Stomach started filling up and they kept putting her on meds to help.. well May 23 2013 she ended up in ER and ICU and was put in a coma.. she had a hard time responding. She went into a nursing home and then ended up coming out and going home .. they took pint after pint of fluid out of her and banded her Esaphogus ( sp) 5 bands from throwing up blood.. She has not filled up with fluid for almost a month and has no blood.. I live about 1300 miles away but just got back from seeing her..mid June she ended up back in er with confusion, just out of it and went back to nursing home.. in early July when I got there she was doing so good,, eating, sleeping, joking , talking, alert , walking .Then about 3 days later she was getting confused and after she went home she is was disorineted, confused, cant feed herself at all ( with silverware) very shaky, just sorta stares off, wanders in nights.. her latest blood work came back as low platlettes, low protein , high Billium.. Her liver was not inflammed, no jaundice, kidneys good, red cells good, white ones low Ammonia normal it was so sad to watch her go down hill so fast.. I am here so that I can learn and discuss with others what she is going through.. I think I know almost everything about end of stage liver by now from internet.. I am trying to find answers through her doctor why no one has mentioned a transplant.. her tests dont seem that bad at all but she is so out of it and cant feed herself anymore I just dont get it.. 4 years ago she went into ER bleeding in her stomach but said it was the lining thinning and it was acid reflex.. ( I think they should of checked her liver then) Thank you for welcoming me and any thought are appreciated