I had sleep apnea and made noises so bad before I went into treatment that my wife actually tape recorded it and played it back for me - it was creepy. Of course the stage III, 6cm x 3.5cm polypoid tumor growing on my tonsil didn't help matters any - it was starting to make it hard to breath and was pushing my uvula to the side. On the CT scan it filled almost the entire throat cavity. Melted right away when treatment started and the apnea seems to have resolved also.