Answer: I elected not to go for surgery! Just to use a CPAP device! Some people end up having to use the device after surgery anyway! Now my apnea was not just the blockage but it had to do with central nervous system signals not getting to the lungs! It would not of been totally cured by surgery anyway!Have you considered or was a air device even suggested! Or was surgery your only choice? If you can ask about the alternative of a CPAP device you will get used to it in 2 to 3 weeks and not even notice it in about 6 or so!Since using mine I without effort have lost 75 pounds I needed to loose weight and gotten a completely positive outlook on life! Now this is even though we lost everything due to hurricane Katrina! I am kinda a nut about this because I actually DIED during a simple operation while under anesthesia due to sleep apnea! I just stopped breathing! Anyway I went to one of those sleep labs and that is why I am such a pusher of the CPAP thing!\\\t literally has made me feel much younger!The breathing of the air throught my nose during the night eliminates my PND completly during the night as the air comes in through the nose!