HOW LONG CAN I LIVE AFTER HAVING ASCITES ?
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two years ago , I suddenly ballooned seemed sudden , i got scabs all over my belly and chest , i passed out in a grocery store and i couldnt walk more than 20 feet without my legs giving out ,i was ICU for two weeks , i got all the tests , IV's in both arms , had the ascites drained , the doctors there were talking to me like i wasnt gonna make it , i was oblivious , ive been drunk for 25 years heavily , i didnt have a family doctor so i had the doctors at the hospital take over my case , after two weeks i was sent home but couldnt walk from my front yard to back yard without almost passing out , i knew i probably shouldve been dead ..but i managed to quit drinking , its almost two years in a few weeks , but i still have swelling in my left foot and calves from a infection they say i got from diabetes from drinking so much and one doctor said it could be heart failre as well ?im wondering is ascites , heart failure a death sentence ? am i living on borrowed time here ? i stopped drinking but it obviously gave me diabetes and weakened my heart .. from what ive read they say its end stage liver issue and incureable ?its been two years since then , I try and eat healthier and stopped drinking but feel about 75% all the time , is this my life now ? iread that 5 years is doing good after you had this ? thx
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