I had one a couple of years ago and was talked into just having the spray. Nurse implied sedation was for wimps! How I regretted it. From the moment the camera cleared my throat, I gagged and retched and felt it tickling all the way down. At one point I nearly grabbed the tube. Afterwards I lay on my side sweaty and exhausted. A friend who has had an op for cancer of the oesophagus who I spoke to later said she only did the first one without sedation.  If I ever have to have another I'd insist on sedation. 

I had one a couple of years ago and was talked into just having the spray. Nurse implied sedation was for wimps! How I regretted it. From the moment the camera cleared my throat, I gagged and retched and felt it tickling all the way down. At one point I nearly grabbed the tube. Afterwards I lay on my side sweaty and exhausted. A friend who has had an op for cancer of the oesophagus who I spoke to later said she only did the first one without sedation.  If I ever have to have another I'd insist on sedation.