@lisalucier
Thanks for your kind response. I will be talking to my Mayo surgeon again. In addition to just general concerns about surgery and anesthesia (neither of which I ever have had) and my age (73), I had a freakout about almost everyone on this site who had a Nisson fundoplication (which is what my surgeon wants to do) talking about wishing they had never had it, having pain months or years later, not being able to belch or vomit, continued difficulty swallowing, in other words symptoms as bad or worse as before they had the surgery. I have minimal symptoms but I have a giant hiatal hernia that probably should be repaired -- but I don't know if I really need the fundoplication, or if this is just the surgeon's standard procedure which he is good at doing...... I likely will have the surgery in some shape or form. Thankis again.