@rosemarya I just did a brief look at this article. Most of it is very good but I guess I must have been a real anomaly. The symptoms listed are:
Abdominal swelling (ascites)
Enlarged blood vessels just beneath the skin's surface
Enlarged breasts in men
Enlarged spleen
Red palms
Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice)

I had none of these. I did get ascites long after my cirrhosis diagnosis, very shortly before my transplant. When my platelet count was low I had a scan of spleen -- I think a CT scan -- and that was normal! I never had jaundice, even right at the end. Long before any other symptoms, I did have edema in my feet and ankles but that was primarily when I traveled. It would commence with the flight and get worse over vacation, presumably because eating out all of the time caused me to be eating more sodium than typical for me.

I sure had plenty of other symptoms though, but these seem to be the symptoms that are generally the first noticed.
JK

@contentandwell, I know what you mean about being an anomoly! We really ARE all different. and it amazes me how our doctors come even 'near' to figuring out our diseases!

I posted the Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a reply to question that was posted earlier : "How is Fatty Liver disease diagnosed."

I don't know anything about the insulin resistance, though. After my transplant, I had to check my glucose levels and have insulin during the time when I was on a high dose of prednisone. But that is my only experience with it.
Hugs,
Rosemary

@rosemarya as I have mentioned, I too had bg problems when on a higher dose of prednisone.
These were most of my symptoms. The ascites I did not have until the very end. I, of course, had no idea but after I found out I had cirrhosis I discovered that all of these things that I was suffering from were known symptoms of cirrhosis.

* Declining platelet count
* Hand tremors
* Recently diagnosed diabetes
The above three things started more than 5 years before my cirrhosis diagnosis

* Terrible leg cramps. These started in my thighs at night and over time progressed to my lower legs and feet and sometimes hands
also. The thigh cramps were excruciating. These also started a couple of years before my diagnosis.
* Cold
* Trouble sleeping leading to day naps
* fluid retention in feet (edema)
* fluid retention in mid-section (ascites)
* Hand-writing deteriorating
* and, the big one -- HE - irrational, tired
JK

@rosemarya Thanks for that great article, Rosemary. I never really understood how complex fatty liver disease was.

Teresa