I'm going through this now, luckily without the surgery. I was self-diagnosing on webmd and thought I had fibromyalgia! After much research, and a sleep study

I'm going through this now, luckily without the surgery. I was self-diagnosing on webmd and thought I had fibromyalgia! After much research, and a sleep study, I found myself in the situation your wife describes. My narrow palate is due to sucking my thumb until I was 9 due to some mental trauma from home fires and moving a lot when I was a kid, changing schools etc. I had braces/headgear until I was 17 and was left with a jaw set too far back. 20 years of growth hormone from working out caused my jaw to grow back into my throat and narrow my airway. After being dismissed this year by 2 orthodontists who also said I needed orthognathic (jaw) surgery, I began researching on my own and stumbled onto orthotropics and the A.L.F. appliance: https://www.google.com/search?q=orthotropics&tbm=vid https://www.google.com/search?q=orthotropics&tbm=vid https://www.google.com/search?q=alf+appliance&tbm=vid https://www.google.com/search?q=alf+appliance&tbm=vid Luckily I found a dentist locally who specializes in this. As an adult, it takes several times longer to move teeth and expand your upper jaw, but it is possible. I'm about 3 months into a 9-18 month treatment and have felt immediate relief. With breathe right strips, I'm back to feeling awake and happy again (I don't know if the strips are as safe as CPAP, especially over the long term though). I'm also starting myofunctional and osteopathic therapy. It turns out that many problems in the body with posture and breathing start with the teeth/jaw/tongue. Computer geeks are at terribly high risk of these problems due to our sedentary lifestyle. I think Gen X finally reached middle age and is hitting long-predicted health issues like these. Hope this helps someone.