Hiatal hernia, may get surgery, any advice out there?

[hernianick]

Hello i have had GERD for 5 years... from a sliding hiatal hernia, the doctors say it is small. but i burp around 50-100 times a day and the acid breath is just putrid. I always have alot of gas and bloating, i have been lifting 10 years. I bench 315-375. squat 315 and do an assortment of other excersises which i consider heavy. i love lifting weights its a must for my life. I am strongly considering this surgeon so i can enjoy my life daily and be able to eat food and not taste it for the next 5 hours of my day. Has anyone had it, and went back to weight lifting im concerned ill never be able to lift heavy again in the risk ill undo the surgery.

Help!

also profile says 53. im 29 years old.