Course 5 Week 2 and Stress Test

All right. Now we are rolling.

I had a nuclear stress test this morning. This all came abut because of about five or ten minute and twenty seconds of minor pain.

The 20 seconds was about two months ago when I was doing something non stressful like running a TV camera. (It just was not stressful that day. Sometimes that can be very stressful--depending on what you are taping, doing a "live" program, on how well the director is getting what he wants, etc.) On this particular day, it was very easy and relaxing. Still, I had about twenty second of pressure that felt like it was pushing on my chest (or contracting from within).

Then last week, I had a different type of pain, minor, on the left side of my chest; but it lasted about five or ten minutes. The doctor really thought I should be checked out, so I went to the hospital this morning.

While on the treadmill, things went very well. When they were taking a second set of pictures after the treadmill to compare with some they took before, they were taking a really long time. Later they said I had an irregular heart beat at that time.

I won't know final results until Thursday or Friday. I went from apprehension to relief to slight confusion. Again, the treadmill was not a problem, and the doctor said he thought the cardiogram looked good.

With all of this, though, I know this is nothing like what you faced earlier, Sean.
I'm just glad, that, whatever happens, I know God is in control.

You have three assignments each week
(1) Make at least two initial posts in your posting area. The first one will be name of the course, and the names (or numbers of the DVD's) of the chapters or lectures you will be covering during the week. The second one will be a comment on one of those chapters. You will receive one point for getting the first post in on Tuesday or Wednesday. You will also get a point for getting at least one more initial post in.

(2) Go to your fellow student's posting areas, and ask them a question or questions about their intial posts. You will recieve one point for completing this assignment before 6:00 a.m. on Friday morning.

(3) Answer the questions asked.

(4) On Fridays, I will also give directions for making remaining posts during the week. Be sure and read those, and take them into account when making at least one of your remaining posts.

(4) In all, we want to make at least nine posts during the week. You will receive points for that as follows:
9 or more posts - 12 points
6-8 posts - 10 points
3-5 posts - 6 points
1-2 posts - 3 points

You will have the extra points you had accumulated by getting things in on time. Those are bonus points that will be used only to move your grade closer to 100 if you need them. They will be awarded each week if needed to move your grade up to 12 for the week. If you do not need them for that week, they will be carried over to the next week(s). Remember the posts that count for points will be at least three sentences long.