I hope this works out for you. My doc said that surgery wouldn't help me but I did have a septum reconstruction and my sinsuses widened. that helped me breathe a little better, but mostly just while I'm awake. If you do end up needing a CPAP down the road, don't fight it. As soon as you know what a good nights sleep is (which you might if the surgery helps) you'll want to do anything needed to keep getting them. speaking of which, (and this is not an attempted thread-jack) does anyone know how to keep a cat from chewing through CPAP tubing?