Had it, had the surgery, cured it, worst pain I have ever felt, but would do it over again because the results for me we're night and day.
My first suggestion is, lose weight, that is what your doctor would say. The machine sucked for me, so I had Tonsils, adenoids, and uvula removed as also had a deviated septum corrected. That shit hurt at the age of 31. I have since lost 50lbs of fat at least and gained some muscle mass. I sleep really good, and feel great during the day.
I saw Dr Clifton Hood (ENT) he did my surgery. My sleep studies were over by olengangy commons on the north side. One to diagnose the sleep apnea, second to set the Cpap, third after surgery to have it removed from my medical record. BTW they gave me Ambien to sleep during the study so I would sleep all the way through. I would have never fallen asleep with all the wires connected to my head and body without it.
My situation with the sleep study places is they only want to sell you the Cpap, when I came back and returned it 2 weeks later, they refused to refer to a surgeon, told me there is no surgery, only solution was a Cpap. So I said fuck off, went to my family physician and he referred to to Dr. Hood. I like him, he is a no bullshit, bold in your face kind of guy, tells you how it is. Told me I was fat and need to do something about it, but could do the surgery, and it might help. So I went through with it.
First thing is first though, not to be mean, but lose weight, it may be cheaper and have better benefits.
My .02