My friend had surgery on her butt cheek (superficial to remove excessive scar tissue from a traumatic injury that should have been stitched but wasn't) about 3 years ago. The surgery went great and all but afterwards she had severe constipation. Never had a problem with eating/digestion before in her life! Days and then weeks went by until her legs started to go numb from not going. She kept having to go to the er & they'd give her golytly (sp?) & co. But nothing really helped. Finally saw the guru of gi in mn & he said she has an ideopathic paralytic colon & all she could do was have her colon removed. At 28 yrs old she didn't want to do that so went to a naturopath. He helped a little but is way expensive & all the pills she needs just to be able to go at all are sucking her dry financially. We can't find anything out there on this condition except in geriatric populations. Has anyone ever heard of this happening to someone? Why would a minimally invasive surgery do this to her? Why is it so rare? If you have heard of anything like this please reply!!!!