Salma experiences a real change with Gastric Sleeve

Salma is a young woman full of life and ambition, but her excess weight is holding her back and preventing her from enjoying life to the fullest. Salma was morbidly obese, weighing 115 kilograms. Every day, she felt exhausted, had difficulty breathing, and had trouble carrying out her daily activities.

Salma realized she needed to make a drastic change in her life. She had always struggled with her excess weight. Salma had tried strict diets and strenuous workouts, but even if she lost some weight, it would immediately return. She was never able to retain the little weight she had lost.

The idea of bariatric surgery gave Salma comfort and optimism that she would be able to reach the desired, stable weight that she had been unable to reach in any other way. She researched every day for hours about the various weight loss surgeries and the details and advantages of each surgery, until she felt that the surgery she wanted to undergo is the Gastric Sleeve surgery. She then turned her search for the best bariatric surgeon in Egypt, and she shefound Dr. Ahmed Abd El Salam, Assistant Professor of General and Laparoscopic Surgery and Consultant for Bariatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at Kasr El-Ainy, as the most skilled bariatric surgeon. She consulted him and explained her challenges and her desire to lose weight through sleeve gastrectomy. After examining her health condition and determining the degree of obesity she was suffering from, Dr. Ahmed Abd El Salam found that sleeve gastrectomy was suitable for her, and the date of the procedure and all the details of preparing for the surgery were set. 

Salma had a quick 45-minute gastric sleeve procedure that went well. Salma recovered quite quickly. Dr. Ahmed advised Salma to get out of bed as soon as the anesthesia wore off, so she was walking the hospital hallways hours after the procedure, which allowed her to leave the hospital quickly.

Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical procedure that aims to reduce the size of the stomach, reducing the amount of food that can be absorbed and stimulating a feeling of satiety quickly. A large portion of the stomach is removed, reducing its ability to accommodate food. The stomach is converted into a small tube called a “gastric sleeve” while still maintaining its normal digestive function.

Salma experienced the following advantages following her sleeve gastrectomy:
1. Reduce calorie intake: A smaller stomach makes it harder to eat a large amount of food, resulting in fewer calories per meal per day.
2. Feeling full faster: Following a sleeve gastrectomy, the patient experiences a quicker sense of fullness because the sleeve portion of the stomach communicates with the brain to satiate rapidly, which lessens the need to eat in excess.
3. Changing hunger hormone levels: Sleeve gastrectomy alters the body's hunger hormone, called ghrelin, which regulates appetite. During a sleeve gastrectomy, ghrelin-secreting cells are removed, reducing hunger and desire to eat.

Two years and three months later, Salma has achieved amazing results. Thanks to Dr. Ahmed Abd El Salam, she has lost 36 kilograms, with her weight reaching 79 kilograms. Salma feels energetic and can do her favorite activities with ease. She no longer suffers from shortness of breath or fatigue and has regained her confidence and ability to achieve her goals.