Story highlights Eman Ahmed's first round of surgery was a success, doctors say

Before she traveled to India for treatment, the 36-year-old weighed 1,102 pounds

(CNN) Egypt's Eman Ahmed, believed to be the world's heaviest woman, successfully underwent weight reduction surgery on Tuesday, doctors in India said.

"She is very happy, she started dancing in her bed," Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala told CNN. "Her smile has come back."

Before she traveled to India for her operation, Eman weighed 1,102 pounds (500 kg) and she'd barely left her bedroom in more than two decades, her family said.

Over the last couple of years she'd been confined to her bed after a stroke severely impaired her speech and mobility.

Now starts my tough journey to give this girl a second chance at life . Thank you Sushma Swaraj Ji . https://t.co/d601BkBinX — Dr Muffi Lakdawala (@DrMuffi) December 6, 2016

"She is battling with her life every single day," Lakdawala told CNN last year. "Right now she is like a living bombshell, which could blow up on her any moment."

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