To Everyone considering this surgery:
I have worked in Sleep Disorders Medicine for the last 11 years. Make sure that what you have is just snoring, and not Obstructive Sleep Apnea, a condition associated with loud snoring. It is essentially a collapsing airway that does not allow you to breathe, repeatedly during the night, and untreated will increase your risk for strokes, heart attacks and other types of really bad things. Also, the Uvulopalatopharngoplasty surgery is a painful bitch and doesn't affect apnea positively hardly at all, in our experience, the surgeon will probably tell you otherwise. The laser surgery is even less effective. Both will do well for snoring, if only for a while...that's usually a crap shoot. In short, know what your dealing with from the disease standpoint (benign snoring vs. Apnea)and get educated 100% on risks and chances of success before allowing anyone to hack out the back of your throat. Just my .02
Pit