Has he been evaluated for a liver transplant? I am assuming he is on meds to help with the ascites?

I'm so sorry for what you are going thru...
We had years to adjust to my husband's condition, and I'm a nurse, but still, 'cirrhosis ' is a big word,
and it's so hard to see the one you love go thru these changes...you didn't say? does he drink?
My Carlos gave up drinking and the drugs more than 20 yr ago, but still, his liver was damaged.
(I also lost my brother to this disease last year)
keep writing.. we all care, and all our best thoughts and prayers are with you.

Before you will see any improvement, you are going to see the worst this disease can do to a human being's body and mind. I am not trying to be a downer. Just factual.

Once the doctors have figured out a plan to stabilize him, you will turn into a 24-hour nurse. If he has the personality to want to get involved in his illness, then find as much as you can to educate him. You will be learning about it--why shouldn't he?

At this stage, I would say all you can try to do is work on his diet: no salt, no fried foods, no bulky protein, lots and lots of vegetable broth with leafy greens in it. Keep cold packs in the fridge and cold wash cloths ready for when his temperature spikes. There's lots of ammonia running through his bloodstream, and when it gets to the brain, that's when the shakes and confusion come on. If he will let you massage his legs with a soothing oil like lavender do that. Don't give him any herbal teas that "relax:" I found out that valerian and camomile are very bad for a diseased liver.

Everything you have mentioned can be managed and controlled with care. And as I have said elsewhere, watch the medications he is being given and learn about their side effects. Quite often these meds can create problems of their own.

Along with Carloswifey, I send my best thoughts and prayers to you. Be careful not to let this absorb your life and cut you off from the world. I did that, and it was a mistake.

A transplant is their best treatment. Thoughts and prayers with you.

It is so sad to watch ourloved ones slowly go down in health.
I watch my husband everyday and he get very gray at times and
very lethargic. He just cant get up and go. He is losing weight no appetite
his mind goes from logical to totally illogical.
Big hugs and lots of prayers for us all

I am new to this site, but your comment is exactly my situation. I struggle daily watching my husband decline. The mental confusion and weakness are getting worse and watching him go downhill is stressful. I never know when to call the doctor or take him to the emergency room. It's awful.

Bless your heart
I know too how hard it is to was someone you love decline
my husband is up and down weight up and down he has almost quit eating

They say what ever age you become a heavy drinker your mind will get stuck. You grow up but your rational
stays at that age .. I belive they are right. My husband is 58 but his action
Sometime are more like a teenager. Same as his logic sometimes.
The doctors tell him to quit drinking and smoking but he refusing to do it.
I get so stresses watching him hurt himself.
Sometimes I just dont know what to do.

I haven't gotten there yet with my husband. He doesn't want to have a transplant and his cirrohsis is from Hep C. But...he is now drinking beer several times a week when he was a very rare drinker for 24 of our 26 1/2 year marriage. I feel as though he is trying to rush things along so to speak. I have no idea what to expect nor how long this disease deteriorates his liver before the inevitable end. It looks as though I am in store for a big lesson. I'm with you on the drinking part and just sitting here watching the man kill himself.

I know what you mean , I feel the same way about my husband he drink he takes
His pills , he gets so depressed that I'm affraid he will take matters into his own hand
The pain he is in is so debilitating that he gets no relief and that along with the alcohol
Keeps him depressed.
It's scary I just don't know from one day to the next how I will find him.
All I can do is keep him in my prayers
Many hug and prayers for you too

bbethbbbb is your fiancée under the care of "organ transplant" Specialist? what you described is the exact same symptoms my husband is having almost every day