actually, it was a self-diagnosis...
went to a GP, sat down and proclaimed to the quack: doc, i've got
sleep apnea... just take a look at my throat and you'll know
why..
he did.. proclaimed that my tonsils would probably be taken out,
booked me for an examination by the hospital...
hospital doc took a look, told me to lie down and then he looked
down my throat again, and proclaimed that the tonsils were the
cause of the sleep apnea as they were falling back and blocking
some of the airway... and if i slept, the relaxation would cause
them to completely block the airway, which accounted for the
buzzsaw-type snoring and the sleep which was not restful...
3 days later, i was wheeled into the operating room where they did
their butchery on my tonsils 
