270 degree wrap in ten days question

I'm am scheduled to have a "hill" procedure in10 days and I'm getting cold feet fast. I'm not even sure I should get the surgery. I have a 4 cm hernia. I was on Prilosec twice a day for 2 years and eventually the Prilosec stopped working. I primarily had lpr symptoms. Now I am on nexium 40 mg once a day and I am virtually symptom free. If I skip a couple of days of the pill, it all comes back and it's brutal. Is getting off of ppi's reason enough for the surgery? My scope showed a beat up esophagus but no Barretts. But I know that long term these pills are bad. I dont want to do anymore damage to my esphagus and get barrets. I'm also really worried about the recovery and the future. I'm 44 and very active. I workout all the time, ski,etc.. Am I going to be limited in these activities 4, 6 12 months or more later? Or the rest of my life? Will I be able to drink a beer with friends and have that manly funny giant burp? I guess what I'm wondering is this. After recovery, is life like it was before the surgery (minus the gerd) ? Or is there somewhat of a handicap and limitation of activities? Do you ever forget that you had a wrap and it's an afterthought like a kidney stone or is it with you daily and you just learn to live with it? Thanks for any help. Brian

Actually I first got here in may when I was scoped. I decided to wait on surgery till now because I didn't want to be recovering over the summer. But now that he time is here, I'm getting concerned. My doctor is the same doctor as couchtaters. Another thing that might be relaated to my hernia and might not be is that I wake up with a headache every morning for years now. Is it possible that stomach fluids are draining into my sinus cavities at nite? I know it's not sleep apnea. It's unexplainable.