@fdixon63 Those are legitimate and reasonable concerns, and they should be expressed in direct consultation with the anaesthetist. I told the one who did my second catheter ablation anaesthesia about my first TEE experience, and he seemed delighted that I had spoken up about it. He said he would take pains to ensure my throat wasn't like desert-bound sand-paper when I awakened, and he was right. But I did speak to him.