The gastric sleeve reshapes the stomach into a slim tube, reducing its capacity and, just as importantly, removing the part that produces the main hunger hormone. Portions shrink; so does the constant negotiation with appetite.
Figures are provisional and confirmed with the bariatric team before your plan, outcomes vary from person to person.
Through a few keyhole incisions, around three-quarters of the stomach is removed, leaving a sleeve-shaped stomach that holds small portions comfortably. Digestion itself stays natural, food follows the normal path, which keeps nutrition simpler than with bypass procedures. Appetite drops because the removed portion produced most of your ghrelin, the hunger hormone: patients consistently describe the quietness of it as the thing no diet ever gave them.
Airport pick-up, hotel, rest.
Full pre-operative evaluation: blood work, imaging, anaesthesia and bariatric consultations. Surgery follows only if everything clears, no exceptions.
Surgery and monitored hospital recovery; you'll be walking the same day and sipping fluids per protocol, with the team beside you.
Final checks, your staged nutrition plan (liquids → purées → solids), and clearance to fly. Your dietitian follow-up is scheduled before you leave.
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The quiet is the thing nobody warned me about, in a good way. For the first time in twenty years I'm not thinking about food constantly. The team never made me feel like a project, checked every box before surgery, and still message me months later. I've lost most of the weight and my knees have stopped aching.
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