I have been diagnosed with hep c for 11 years now and did treatment in 2000 for five months but had to betaken off for kidney damage and blood problems. In 2003 I did Pegasys for 9 months with no resluts and had to be taken off for kidney damage, blood, and other complications, since 2005, I have had alpha-fetoprotein levels at a high rate and almost tripled in 2 years, then hemothomachrosis and thrombocytopenia showing up now, my liver doc said yesterday that I now have chronic cirrhosis (? terminology?) and we are doing blood work tomarrow for the tumor marker because he thinks my gallbladder/ducts are involved along with my liver and he said I am not at liver failure yet but I am very close. I do have other serious health problems and he said I can never do pegasys treatment again because of the difficulties and I did not sustain any positive results. I am angry that I have serious cirrohsis and fatty tissue when I dont drink and have not used any drugs for 11 years. I was told to stop using salt because it was dangerous to my liver. Because of my other health issues, I do not beleive that I am a good candidate for transplant and I also heard that hep c patients get the lower grade livers, because the hep c will return and damage the new one and because we wwere either drug users or alcoholics. I know that if there wer a new treatment that did not involve interferon or ribaviran then I could and would gladly try the new treatment but my doctor says there isnt any thing for me to try or do for now. I am now being seen by an oncologist for the thrombocytopenia and possibly spleen damage with surgery and lukemia or lymphoma. I s anyone going through any of this or all of this?