Am I getting the true picture from my surgeon and his staff?

I am being told by my surgeon and his staff that when I have my lap RNY, I will have a catheter and NG tube in til the morning after surgery, and that occassionally people require readmission to the hospital after surgery for complications or problems. The trouble is, I'm getting scared from everything I'm reading on this board, people's accounts of long drawn out painful stuff happening during the hospital stay, and readmissions. Also reading about every possible kind of complication or weird body thing that could seem to happen to you. I understand that of course people are going to post here when they have a problem or questions about something weird that may be happening to them, so am I just getting a skewed view in thinking that no one's surgery goes really smoothly? Or is the info I'm getting from my surgeon sugar-coating things? I just need some perspective!

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