Hi, my brother (38) was diagnosed with hepathitis c about 5-6 years ago. Yesterday, after some years of relatively "controlled" disease, he was diagnosed with cirrhosis. Obviously we are all very confused and concerned and started calling him to cheer him up and give him nice comfort words. The reality is that we have not stopped crying since last night. I already read hundreds of internet pages and as always many of them point to different divergent information. As you may think, I only need a very important answer that is not yet clear for me: what is my brother's life expectancy? Can he grow old with this disease in a "human" way? Will he be able to continue working (he has an office job)? Quality of life? Thank you.