Please Explain "active" And Cirrhosis

My husband was diagnosed with hep b and c several years ago.(it's estimated that he's had it about 30 years and his 53 now) until recently his liver enzymes were slightly elevated but not severely. He recently had gallbladder sugery and the surgeon said that he has cirrhosis. At this point we don't know had bad it is. Today he saw a nurse practioner and a endocrinolgist (in the same office). Their views were totally different. The np said that if his hep was not active then it would not continue to cause damage. The doc said the opposite. The np was scheduling a liver biopsy to see what the damage is and the doc said that his platelet count was 80,000 instead of a normal 120,000 so he didn't know if a biopsy could even be done. We left the office with the biopsy scheduled for june 17th. No one has ever mentioned his platelet count and when I ask about it the doc acted as if I was insane when I asked what could cause the low count. He said, liver damage of course. We left the office totally upset and confused. The doc said that a liver transplant may be in the near future.
My husband is very active, we recently just got back from disneyworld where we spent 9 and 10 hour days. It would seem to me that if he were having cirrhosis as bad as the doc made out he would not be up to that. In addition he works a physically demanding job. We no so little about all this that we are seeking any information we can get.