When diagnosed with cirrhosis my meld score was 21. I had all of the terrible effects...swelling, severe fatigue, etc. I also had extreme ascites. I have been getting a paracentesis performed every 3 1/2 weeks with 8 liters drained each time. My diuretics are working it seems. So far the fluid is not returning. My cirrhosis was due to alcohol which I have now been free of for six months. My meld score has gone from 21 to 16 to 13 to 12 and today found out it is now 11. The primary question is: should this improvement over the past three months indicate to me that I might possibly recover 100% from this cirrhosis? Is it possible that I caught the damage just in time? What do you anticipate for me?