Vin:
I had a stricture as well and couldn't swallow anything. I had my esophagus dilitated 9 times. I also had hyperberic oxygen treatments. The doc recommended this as a way to help heal the stricture. I had a total of 29 treatments 6 days a week. After the stricture was healed, I had my esophagus diliated a couple more times. I recently had it done again, 13 months later. I think I'll have to have this done annually for the rest of my life. I can swallow, but I need lots of water to wash things done, so I get most of my nutrition by liquid. But no peg tube! I also had to do and still do exercises for my throat muscels called the shaker exercise. Without that I don't think I would have been able to swallow.
Best of Luck.
Jeff