Bill,
So sorry to hear what you are going through. My popa was diagnosed the same way you were, 1st esophageal then stomach after more scans. He had surgery and they removed 70% of the stomach a small bit of esophagus and 9 lymph nodes. 7 were cancerous. It seems that you are experiencing the same 'gagging' as my popa did. To my surprise I see your Doc did a barium swallow and found nothing. My grandfather had one done and it showed that the esophagus closed up while healing. They then did a 'balloon' procedure to widen it. He must go through this procedure 3 or 4 times before the esophagus will permanently stay open. Would you possibly have the test done by another doctor? Have they done any scans since the surgery? Also what is yuor chemo/radiation schedule like? You may want to look into another opinion on the barium swallow before radiation as they cannot do any other procedures while on radiatioin. Hope everything goes well for you!! -Erin