John Travolta auditioned for the role of Edward, which eventually went to Richard Gere, and the movie went on to be international success. In 1979, Travolta turned down the lead to star in American Gigolo, which then went to Richard Gere, and also became a hit.
While the overall statistics are not encouraging, long-term survival and quality of life after diagnosis vary greatly with the individual circumstances. The statistics show that only 20 to 30 percent of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients live longer than 10 to 12 years after diagnosis.
RE: How long can a person with congestive heart failure live.? She is 65 years, cannot lie flat in bed, suffering from fluid in the lungs, she also has kidney problems because the kidney is not retaining fluid, she is diabetic, and she smokes and is under plenty stress. She recenntly had 2 heart attacks.he last two years of her life she was in a constant battle with CHF. When it gets to the point that the medicines can't help in taking the fluid off...it's probably only a matter of months, if that. When the medicines stopped working, my Mom only made it around 2 months.