Colon stopped working after sergery

[Mikie007]

I had cervical neck surgery 3 months ago. After surgery, there was no desire or feeling to poop. The MRI at fist showed full colon and intestines, then after about 30 days, nothing was still working and then we went to the hydrocolonics clinic and had everything cleaned out. Since then, nothing has happened, 100 days with no BM. I have to go to the Hydrocolonics clinic every 3 days now to get cleaned.  They tried everything form Reglan to you name it. THe doc who did the surgery will not talk or answer any questions, we found out that I had stopped breathing several times after the ventilator was removed in the OR. Then when I was finally breathing again after the crash cart came in 3 times, the doc ordered the recovery room anesthesiologist to give me 10 mg of Valium and 160 mg of Oxycontin.  No one knows what's wrong and I have been passed to 7 doctors now. All everyone seems to care about if I am suing the doctor who did the surgery.  Is there anyone who knows what this is??? I was 100% fine prior to surgery.

I was also given Reglan during surgery, and I had no problem for that medication.  

[Mikie007]

thank you kindly for responding. Its very serious, 7 docs have given up and now I have no where to go and my insurance runs out in 4 weeks. The doc who did the surgery will not talk to anyone and has started lying about what happened. The hospital administrator did an investigation and told me to sue him, but that will not solve the problem, I need help.

[PaulMD]

From what you have described there can be several sources of complications.  One is directly from the surgery itself which might have an effect on the nerves controlling bowel and intestinal movement which may have been injured.  This complication is a rare occurrence.  Another possibility might be related to the anesthetics and medications used during the surgery.