Well, I can certainly use help. I forewent surgery, so esophagus is still normal length. My stricture is 3 centimeters long, about 1/3 of the way down my esophagus, which is exactly where the tumor was. Left to what it normally wants to do, the residual scar tissue almost closes my esophagus. Mine was almost closed, post-treatment, and the GE doc dilated it to 12 mm. That was near the beginning of November. Last week, it had almost closed and he dilated it to 15 mm and said he'd see me in 3 months. Of course, my first thought was that it would be closed again by then. I had chemo with proton radiation at MD Anderson. Basically, the tumor was replaced with scar tissue. So far, I'm testing cancer-free, but I'm less than a year post-treatment, so I take that with a grain of salt. I had heard of self-dilation, but my gag reflex is the worst my ENT has ever seen. I'd be interested in learning how you overcame that to be able to dilate yourself...