I have had this disease for over 20 yrs, it took me the first 5 to figure out the docs new nothing, hell back in those days there were docs that had never even heard of hep c, I am lucky that within kaiser the protocol is pretty broad in the educating of the docs and if any questions arise they send me off to GI, though I have always been baffled as to why they don't treat it out of infectious disease instead of GI

Its crucial you find a doc that not only has knowledge but expertise in Hep, preferrably a hepatologist but a decent alternative is infectious disease, GI or internal medicine, ask specific questions, ie, how many hep c patients do they have, how many treated and get a general feel for their stance on it, the last thing you want is one of those jackasses that treats you like a leper or is dismissive

shop around, the whole culture has forgotton the "they" work for "us" too often we would fire a plumber faster for bad service than we would a doctor

Not Dr. Cooper. He is a stud.