Hi buyorsell, My first sleep study 12 years ago was "normal"........but I had only slept a little over 1 hour, so how the heck could they know?? My internist a couple years ago really felt that alot of my fibromyalgia symptoms might be sleep apnea, so he sent me to a different sleep lab, and it show mild-mod apnea (30/hr), and I have been using CPAP since. It hasn't cured some of my symptoms, but I have more energy than I've had for 15 years. You don't necessarily need a doctor's order these days for a machine, and you can get a used one. Check out cpaptalk.com. Lots of great info on there. Is it possible you need to try a different sleep lab with a different doctor? How many hours did you sleep during your test? We fibromyalgia people also have another kind of sleep disorder, besides the apnea, and as soon as we start to go into deeper sleep, our brain wakes us up. So we hardly ever get deep sleep. I'm not sure of your age, but I have seen so many women develop fibro during perimenopause, so I'm sure its related to our hormones too. Everything went to heck at that time for me. Plus, I got a bad virus, which seemed to make everything alot worse. My father had sleep apnea too. I think there is a genetic component to it. After my sleep study, I refused to go back for the titration study. My sleep deprivation was causing alot of of panic attacks, and I just couldn't go through another night like that. I found a sleep doc who was kind enough to let me try a machine, without the titration study. Perhaps your doc would let you try it, even though your study didn't look bad enough? Your insurance might not cover it though. The newer machines are computers, and they can see and print out what you're doing all night.........number of apneas, hypopneas, leakage, etc. Here's another possibility for you.........you can get/rent/borrow a recording oximeter for a few nights and that will show how many times you desaturate during the night. That would be an excellent way to tell if perhaps your sleep study didn't show the problem. Our local DME company (durable medical equipment)Lincare actually let me borrow an oximeter for free, at the beginning of all this, and it showed alot of desaturation. Then I went on to get the sleep study. No offense to your doctor, but I think trying CPAP would be one of the best things you could try for your fibro. Nothing can be good if you're not getting restorative sleep.

Haha. It aint like I have a ton of room. Actually, The lemon tree, that you can barely see in the white square pot (back yard @ 2 o'clock), was in that spot I potted it up because it froze to the ground and my neigbor gave me the angels trumpet so i figured it would be a good home for it. One day I hope to line the walk from the street to my front door with brugs, gardenias and daphne. maybe wrap them around the whole property With a couple other odd things here and there. Lucy, you should have never told them how good I treat mine. Now they will be mad at you and start demanding more room. They might even wanna leave you and come live with me. dont worry I'll splain to them that you are doin the best you can for them :)

Thanks again, especially for the candytuft ID, they are the stars of the spiral right now but they're starting to go to seed. I have a fountain in the front yard, and although I agree it would look great I wouldn't want to deal with the hassle in that particular spot. Birds love fountains, consequently they need to be cleaned frequently and it always involves splashing a lot of water on the ground and walking around the fountain a bit. Maybe I could get a birdbath and hook it to the irrigation system, but a statue would be easier and require less maintenance. I think I'm a one fountain person, a second is not something I relish taking care of but I wouldn't dream of getting rid of the one I have. Most recently a bench has been added to the garden, I realized that the place where the path brushes the raised bed is the coolest and most comfortable spot to hang out so I mentioned it to the DH and next thing I knew we had a new bench. I love it, it's perfect for sitting and enjoying my new area.

Thank for your lovely comments. Everyone here has such great ideas. Regarding my empty wall: what are your thought? 1. impressinistic style of work with subdued blues and greens. (too blue for the room, I think) but will work the birch trees outside. 2. brillian red and yellow to complement the blue range with bigger and vivid blocks of color. 3. work with the wood tones in the house and find an Asian "antiquish" type of wood work to complment other Asian inspired stuff in the house. staceyneil, I was going for "classic" modern than 2011 modern... I am glad you noticed. For example, I chose not to put my bathroom vanity (not quite done!) as a wall hanging vanity. I did not want an empty space under neath. That looked too 2010ish to me! The same was true for the chimney style hood versus hood with cabinet over. Again, very early 21st century in my mind. Sandyponder, thanks for responding. Your colorful kitchen is one of my all time favorite on this forum, so uniquely YOU and original. I love brilliant colors. I have candy apple red leather couch and loveseat that I am trying to bring back to my living room and work around for decor. I will probably have to post on the decor site to get some help. Again, a long story, but currently, the red couches are not in the living room!