My husband is in the same position. We were finally sent to Emory and they painted a very bleak picture. He will be having the procedure June 27th. (The Ent will go down his throat and the Thorasic Surgeon up his feeding tube.) The Ent told us if we had come 6 weeks earlier the scar tissue would be easier to work with. My husband's last radiation was 2-03-06. My advice would be to get a second opinion ASAP.

sybil