Tell this to the girl with whom I'm trying to enter into a romantic relationship with.
She has heard me before.
She still respects me. ... I'm miles ahead and above her on an intellectual level (and she knows it) but a girl has got to like you before she is willing to marry you.
Damn dude. That sucks, but I have to say this, if you're trying to enter a romantic relationship with this girl and she's giving you the cold shoulder because of the noise your machine makes when you sleep, you might need to accept that she's just not that into you.
In regards to the jaw stuff, I was also looking at having maxillofacial surgery but to correct a slight underbite. Basically it would have been the same procedure: braces, break the jaw, plates, realign the jaw, braces again. I didn't go through with it for two reasons:
a) the cost
b) people (including girls) like me, so despite the fact that I can't smile, it clearly doesn't bother most people
Obviously you need to go through the reconstruction work for other health reasons, and I have no idea what you actually look like, but I don't think you should focus on it so much when it comes to the ladies.
I do not have the image, personality, character or charisma to negate this factor in the pursuit of a young attractive lady to be my wife.
I'm 30 in March, average height, slim (but starting to get ripped) and I don't even have a car because my financial situation is pretty ***, so I'm not exactly boyfriend/potential husband material. Thing is girls still notice me, and there are a couple of girls who are interested in me even though they know all this (sadly the feeling isn't mutual).
The reason why I'm telling you this is because image, personality, character, or charisma can all be improved and worked on. My image has gone through a massive upgrade since I moved to Cape Town. My wardrobe also has gone through a significant upgrade. I now work out regularly. My personality is mostly the same but I have learnt to be more talkative amongst new people. Character... I've had girls flat out call me weird, but oddly enough that's one of the things that indicates to me that a girl probably has the hots for me (fairly high date rate with girls who've called me weird). Charisma... I'm smart, and that combined with a pretty dirty sense of humor gets people laughing so not doing badly in that regards. But again, this is something that can be developed. The one thing I do struggle with is working through the sexy-time stuff (I'm still really shy in this regard).
But again, assuming your an average looking dude (even with the underbite) you could probably work on the confidence and find a nice lady to settle down with.
Still, you need to go through the surgery for other reasons so good luck. Once it's done and out of the way I'm sure you'll feel better for it.
,stop breathing, wakes me up, rinse and repeat. I'm not over weight nor have any jaw/mouth problems so don't really know why this happens but we live with it relatively happily. 
you will meet your girl!