Trish, write down your questions before the next appt. Take them with you and refer to your list. Also write down what he says that you feel is important, even if you didn't ask him about
it. Another option is to get a handheld recorder and ask him if you may tape the conversation so you won't forget things he has said. I have never known a doctor to refuse to allow this.
Get all the information you can, and good luck! They have come so far with hepatitis knowledge and treatment. When I was diagnosed with hep C in March of '93, (by blood test in Oct. '92, but required a biopsy for diagnosis of chronic active, which was done 03/93), they had only had a blood test for C just over a year. They were not into genotypes and such...just a question of active or not. The only treatment at the time was Interferon A, 3 shots a week, with only a 25% remission rate overall. Treatment and results are so much better now.
God's blessings,
Connie
Edited to correct person. Hard to keep names straight in my brain fog sometimes. 
Post Edited (hep93) : 4/17/2006 9:39:09 AM (GMT-6)