question: I was diagnosed with HepC recently....I had a blood transfusion in 1978. I am genotype 1b and I have recently completed 48 weeks of interferon/ribaviron therapy. I was virus free at weeks 12-24-36. I had the usual lousy side effects....although my doctor says I did better than most. I am going for my 1 month without meds bloodtest this Friday and I am very scared. I cannot stand the thought of going through this therapy again....even with a new drug. I am 57, female, not overweight, not a drinker or drug user. What do you think?