@dennismm - You made me smile! Thanks for the visual on on a short and not too bloody battle with your doctor at your upcoming appointment. I've had some fun disagreements with my primary cares over the years (82 now and hopefully a little wiser 🙃). One thing that has helped me with the doctor patient conversations is to plan my conversation before going to the appointment. I found this information on one of my favorite patient websites - https://www.patientrevolution.org/tools.

@dennismm Your description sounds like me eight years ago. I was 65 then, a lifelong competitive runner, fit, active, cognitively sharp (or so I kept telling myself...who obligingly nodded enthusiastically). I had no symptoms whatsoever...no napping, no fogginess, no headaches, no narcoleptic intervals, say at red traffic lights, ...nuthin'. And I would awaken with drool from my slack jaws. I told everyone I slept really well, just a bit short (less than six hours typically). It wasn't until I experienced my first run of AF (atrial fibrillation) near the end of a 10 km maintenance run one day that the rest followed...an overnight polysomnography showed I have 'severe OSA', obstructive sleep apnea. Your sore throat is a very clear indication of occasional, maybe frequent, supine sleep position with slack jaw, maybe because that's the only way you're getting air. Many of us turn on our sides as we awaken, not realizing we do it, or we're still mostly asleep, and if we fall asleep for even a moment, our jaw and lips lose their tone anew and we pour.

IF you can find a reputable facility that does over-night polysomnographies, that will be evidence nobody can refute.