Hepatitis C update

Count yourself lucky if you used drugs for many years and dont have Hepatitis C.
Even though I have been off drugs since 1976. I was recently diagnosed with the Hep C virus. Many,many people (millions) are running around with the Hep C virus and dont know it. You would think that sometime during the last 30 years someone would have suggested that I get tested for this since I was an IV drug user. It is true there had been no test for the virus until 1990. In the 15 years after that nobody ever suggested getting a test, despite attendance at hundreds of meetings of Narcotics Anonymous. And I had several Doctors miss the diagnosis despite having blood tests with slightly elevated liver function tests.

So if you have EVER used IV drugs you should get tested. The easiest way to do this is to give blood. They routinely screen donated blood for the Hep C virus.

Currently my health status is in limbo. I believe God cures people of illness even viruses like Hep C or HIV but I also believe he uses medical science too. Right now the Doctor want me to undergo treatment which is successful about 50% of the time.
At this point I dont know what to do. I am leaning towards treatment even though it has lots of side effects.

All of this makes me realize how inadequate I am to make these kind of decisions. My prayer is that God shows me the way.