| I 
                    have been off and on interferon and peg/rebetol combo therapy 
                    for over 5 years. Still have Hep C. I have been denied social 
                    service disability benefits.  I cannot hold a job for 
                    longer than a month.  Because of all the side effects. 
                     I feel like an 80 year old man.  I am 47.  The 
                    Peg / Reb. just destroyed my body.  I lost over 30 pounds, 
                    constant diathermia, joint aches, headaches. I 
                    guess you get the idea.  Sometimes I pray to God to put 
                    me out of my misery. R. 
                    L. S. |