is hiatal hernia possible with no heart burn?

ive been reading a few of your posts and one of them mentions hiatal hernia. i get that feeling that food doesnt go down very well pretty often and i have to drink something or take some deep breath for it all to go down.

recently i beleive i had a capric acid pill get stuck there without me noticing and the coating wore off, boy i felt THAT! i washed it down with alot of water and by the next day everything seemed to be back to normal.

however i hardly ever get heart burn. so do the 2 go hand in hand? i know my dad and some of my uncles had to get that procedure done where they put a tube down your throat to re-expend it because they would choke on food and such.

i have another question but will asking it in a different post since its not related to this topic.