The Holy Grail is lose weight and stop being obese.
Yes, you are an Opinionated Blowhard. d;^D
I've had CNS related sleep apnea since I was a young man in the military. Been on CPAP since '93. It is no joke and def nothing to be trifled with. It's not necessarily the sleep apnea itself that'll gitchya. But the side effects. Try waking up while riding down the grassy median of a highway at a good clip on your Harley. Or waking up right before impact to the rear end of a dump truck stopped in a construction zone (everything goes into slow motion, weird). It'll get yer attention. And there were many more before I pulled my head out my arse and got with the program.
Many a man dies every year of stubbornness.