Did you NOT come home with a NG tube?

My brother is planning on having lap rny next year (can't get in to see the surgeon til March) and I have been looking at this doctors website. I had lap rny 3 weeks ago with a different surgeon and came home with an NG tube. If I am correct, we drain this tube to release the gunk (gastric juices) that can build up for the first weeks after surgery and it also helps relieve nausea. His surgeon does not require a NG tube and this worries me. Where will the gunk go? I am sure there are some of you out there who didn't have a NG tube at home-how did it go? He is happy with my success so far (down almost 40 pounds!) so he is wanting the same. I just worry that his surgery and aftercare will not be as good as mine...I'm a worrier...

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