Yes. I started to have swallowing issues a couple weeks after surgery. My new plumbing was collapsing at the connection point between redesigned stomach and esophagus. Had to have a dilation every week for months, then I had stents for several months. Finally after a conversation with my GI doctor, I decided to try self dilation. I went to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and got the necessary training and my own personal dilator. Have been doing my own dilations for 3 years now. With you being 6 years out from surgery, and this is just starting, my guess is you need one, maybe two balloon dilations and you will be back on track.