sorry to hear about your exposure to E-coli. It ca be a nasty bug for sure.
I would agree with the others that your symptoms could certainly be related to that exposure,however hopfully you are under the care also of a Hepatologist or knowlegable G.I to monitor your HCV.
You say you have had HCV for nine years,,however did that mean that is when you were diagnosed? And if so...could you have had it for much longer?
Have you ever had a liver biopsy to ascertain the scarring of your liver?
Feeling the way you do ,,I would also want to rule out that indeed it was not from the HCV.
Good luck..
Will
Like Dianne, I doubt your problem has anything to do with hep C. It sounds like the E.Coli is more likely. If I were you I'd see an Infectious Disease doc ASAP. Are you anywhere near the Mayo Clinic in AZ?
I don't know if e-coli makes hep c worse or not. There aren't any doctors on this forum. If you had plenty of strength before the e-coli, it doesn't seem like 30 days later the hep c would have gotten that much worse. I wonder what kinds of blood tests you doctor did. Maybe you need to try another doctor.
BTW, a MRI can't tell anything about toxins or hep c unless there are tumors.
Diane