Christy, My husband had a swallowing test and was told that he had a complete stricture, too. The ENT wanted to dilate through the PEG. But we decided to check with a GI doc and guess what? He opened him up without any problem at all! First with a pediatric wire and today with a regular dilation. The GI doc said they are very rarely unable to open an esophagus. Good luck!
Sheila


Wife to Tim Right Tonsil CA IV dx 6/24/05, IMRT 36 treatments ended 8/29/05, Chemo (cisplatin and 5FU) ended 9/16/05