Should I fight the request for a sleep study or just do it - and deal with it?

I would just like everyone's advice about what I should do regarding a sleep study. My surgeon told me that I needed heart clearance and lung clearance (for him, not my insurance company) because my BMI is over 60. Yesterday I went to the "lung" doctor that my surgeon's nurse set up the appt with. First of all, he is a sleep specialist (as in, that is his primary field of expertise). I thought it was funny that I was filling out this paperwork with all these questions about my sleeping patterns and even questioned my surgeon's nurse about it before I went. She said that was his specialty but he also checks lungs for my surgeon's patients. Okay. I get into the "lung" doctor's office and he asks me about something I had marked on the paperwork indicating that I don't usually feel well rested when I wake up in the morning. Based on that (and my weight, of course) he deduced that he thinks I have sleep apnea and wants me to do a sleep study. Well, that just makes me mad! I feel like he just ordered that big expensive test to make money off of me and not because I truly need it. This guy didn't even hold a freakin' stethoscope to my chest! He did not check my lungs *AT ALL*. I would not have gone to him on my own volition because I do not feel like I have sleep apnea or a problem with my sleeping patterns. I mean yeah, I don't usually feel well rested but I'm OVERWEIGHT. I am always tired. That's one of the reasons I'm trying to get this surgery done. My surgeon's nurse said she didn't think the surgeon would perform the surgery if I didn't cooperate fully with the doctors he sent me to. I'm *not* trying to be difficult, I just don't want to do this thing because I don't feel like I need it and I don't feel like it has anything to do with checking my lungs for surgery. Should I try to fight it or just grin and bear it and have the study done?

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