Is there an alternative to the CPap?!? PLEASE HELP!!

Hi everyone. My fiance is desperately seeking this surgery. He is 6'7" and 475#'s. We always knew he had sleep apnea just didn't know how severe. He completed his sleep study however when it came to the part with the cpap, his body can't handle the machine. He did alright at a 5 setting. Once he fell asleep, the tech kept inching it up, inching it up until he got to about 15. Well, EJ (fiance) woke up gasping and choking, his stats went thru the roof and the tech came rushing in to rip everything off of him. He tried the Bi-Pap machine with the same result. He even tried the Auto-Pap and nothing was working. The technition labeled his file as "physically unable to conform to necessary equipment" meaning...his body just wasn't going to let him handle the machine. The surgeon, of course...will not even consider operating on him until he sleeps for at least 6 weeks with SOMETHING that clears his apnea. His mother talked with her regular doc and he mentioned something about the severity of his apnea...he would need a trache to be put in and he'd sleep like that. PLEASE PLEASE tell me that there can be other options than this!! He refuses the trache (can't say I blame him) but, he desperately needs this surgery. (Catch 22) He is young (22) and so many doctors have told us that if he doesn't lose this weight...he'll be dead by 25...so, if you know of a good lung doctor in the chicagoland area please email me OR if you know of ANY other possible options for someone with severe sleep apnea other than the C-Pap machines...please help!!! THANKS!! HUGS!

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