Let me be the first here to encourage all to get tested for Hepatitis-C I did and do. It is one of the fastest growing diseases in the country. Many have it and don't know. If you drink alcohol and have the virus you are causing great damage to your liver. It's not just an IV drug users problem as is widely thought. The virus is ten thousand times more virulent outside the body than is HIV. That means if I poke myself with a fish hook and an hour later you poke yourself with it, you will be infected. Right now I am taking Interferon injections and a host of other meds. If I am luck it will go into remission. If you give blood at a blood bank they test you automatically. The next time you go to the doctor tell him you want to be tested, it may save your life. Better yet go donate blood and save another if you don't test positive.