@racing212, Good for you!
Don't you hate to hear those kinds of comments? I can clearly remember hearing disaster stories from some people while I was waiting and struggling with my awful symptoms. I chose not to listen to them.

I am so happy for you that you are going strong even with a rising MELD. Keep on doing what you are doing and following the advice of your medical team. And congratulations on the relief from ascites and those paracentesis procedures. (I had to use that word because I. too, had many of them. And I even learned how to spell it!)

Over all, How are you feeling? Do you have nausea or tiredness? Do you have any idea why the fluids are not building us now?