Steve, do like me, I'm planning on outliving all of my doctors out of
spite and then one by one visiting their graves and doing a little dance
on each of them.  :)  Just kidding of course I would never dance on
their graves, I'm Baptist, I've got something much more fun in mind for
their graves. ;)

Dwight

No one-night stand without protection? Those little pregnancy test
strips don't cost that much... ;-)

Seriously, though: Your AFP level seems normal for someone with HCV.
Levels above 500ng/ml indicate HCC (that's why your doc had it tested),
but yours is in the safe zone:

"Generally, normal levels of AFP are below 10 ng/ml. Moderate levels of
AFP (even almost up to 500 ng/ml) can be seen in patients with chronic
hepatitis. Moreover, many patients with various types of acute and
chronic liver diseases without documentable HCC can have mild or even
moderate elevations of AFP."
http://www.medicinenet.com/alpha-fetoprotein_blood_test/article.htm

Thomas

It means you're pregnant.  Sorry for the bad news.  Seriously, it's a
test used to detect liver cancer as well.  Anything less than 10 is
considered normal.  Above that, to 500 is midrange.  Chronic hepatitis
causes elevation in the number and yours is close enough to normal, I
wouldn't worry about it any at all.  
Elmo

http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile

http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum