Hello. A year ago, I was diagnosed with cirhossis and at that time, I was give a year to two years to live. I am a patient at Mt. Sina in NYi and have a fantastic team that I work with that I trust implicitly. I had the TIPS procedure done over the summer to get my ascites under control. Prior to that, I had a Pleurex catheter that my husband would drain every other day at a liter each time. Anyway, my MELD score is somewhere around 19 but I was put on the UNOS list almost immediately of my first visit because the excess fluid caused a lung to collapse making it very difficult to breath, my encephalopothy was out of control early on among a laundry list of other trials and tribulations we have had along the way. My transplant surgeon said that with all of the complications I have had and if my MELD score was higher, I would be at the top of the list or up there at the very least. But for some reason my MELD stays fairly low but I suffer from every symptom and complications here and there and have started developing new ones. I go for an MRI (I think) or an ultrasound, whatever, in November to see if there is the presence of any cancer in my liver. I saw my team leader (Dr. Schiano) about three weeks ago and my MELD was 15 but then, they add extra points for the othere things so I m not exactly sure what my MELD is that is reported to UNOS. So, my million dollar question which I know is a very difficult one to answer, from what I have told you, does my prognosis seem about the same as what my surgeon said? He said if I hold up and my MELD stays as it is, I wouldn t rank high enough on the list. But in the waiting process, I could simply deteriorate and die. He s not a fatalist, he is a realist which I appreciate. I have grown comfortable, if that s possible, with my mortality. i actually appreciate my life way more now and savor every day. Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.