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  #1

10/17/2004

Hello everybody here!
My countdown has started.And i am going to revise everything which i learnt in last few months.
Exam tension was making me crazy. And i couldnt concentrate at all. Then i read few old posts in this forum. And i decided i will write down whatever i am doing for the day. It will check my mind to concentrate in studies ,rather than thinking about what will happen.
So basically this is for me..last effort to fight with the exam fear.
As very few days remained for me, I decided thet i will only revise . NO QUESTIONS !
And yes i am including Goljan in my schedule.I am sure he will make me feel easy.I want to go at the top of my confidence,thats what is the requirement for now. Rest all i will leave upto God Almighty!

So what i am doing now....Its 3.45 pm now.I am listening to GOLJAN HAEMATO lectures.I am going to finish this lecture in another 45 minutes.

I will start doing revising things in biochem after that.

Thanks for listening!
Please pray for me, i am going through the toughest time till now in my life.

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  #2

i wish u all the very best for ur exam.
i am sure u will do well

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sumie

  #3

Hey wannabemd
When are you going to take exam?My best wishes are with you!
Keep up
D niti

  #4

4.40pm

Thanks sumie and niti!
I finished with three haemat lectures of goljan today.Enough for now!
Its a coffee time !
After that right on biochem.kaplan + fa !!!

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  #5

Ooops!
Its 8.45 pm
I did two big topics in biochemistry.Then went out for jogging, read some pharmac FA in car.Now back from dinner.
So i will again restart biochem from where i left.
happy studying everybody!!!

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  #6

Talked with mommy ....oh my,it took so much time sad
back to study :icon_study:

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  #7

Hey wannabemd,
Sorry to interrupt..but,pl. let me know.that u r doing your revision from FA only..or from ever book whatever u used??? And you are listening Goljan...so is it first time or second?..and what sources u used for Qs ?...so many Qs.but pl. ans. as I am jogging just behind u wink and say hi to your mom..
niti

  #8

Hi Niti
I am using FA + Kaplan .Actually i had decided to do it only from FA. but now i am so much in love with kaplan notes , i am still including them in my last reading. Hopefully 2-3 days before exam i will leave them.
I have heard Gojan before but 4-5 lectures were not finished that time.
I did questions from kaplan qbank , Kaplan IV qbank.
I tried to do some from BSS , NMS but dropped the plan because of time limitations. I have done NBME FORM 1 , and still have plans to do 2nd form in next 2-3 days.
Only problem with me is i did the online qbank one month back . I wanted do it again as that time my performance was not so good. but now the time doesnt allow. And i am making wron guesses lots of time , have gone through the questions still make second guesses and all. Low scores makes me more crazy. So for now,i decided just to revise. Only NBME nad CD given by ECFMG i wil do.
ALL THE BEST !!!!

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  #9

18 th
6.00 am
My gosh...
I lost one more day.
Such a shame on me, i couldnt finish biochem yday night.
Anyway i will have to finish those 2 topics and then i will turn to Immuno.
Will revise antimicrobial part of pharmac from FA today.
and will finish haemat section of Goljan.Thats my plan.
Ok...God speed !!!

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  #10

Good speeding wannabe :lol:
ALL THE BEST!!!!
BTW when is ur big day?
smiling face bye

  #11

Hi wannabemd,
Thanks for the reply.You are revising your notes at the last moment..I think thats good bec. everybody says that at last moments..better to revise whatever u read before..no Qs.so forget about QBank..maybe for time management ,u can use stop clock and can do practice on smaller set of Qs..BEST OF LUCK ..
niti

  #12

18th
11.00am
Thanks kirnandi & niti !
My big day is 29th ...though it was supposed to be 26th .I can go for the last day of the slot and still say i am not ready.
What i did?
I did two topics in biochem ! Thats it. what a speed ! Oh ..i cant really say that. Its distractions , and spending time with hubby.
For now....i have to get some braek. OOhh..11 am ! I havent taken bath yet..and then will have to move to kitchen & laundry.
ok guys...till then see ya!
will be back with Goljan for afternoon!

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  #13

4.00pm

lost my concentration again.
not able to study at all. :evil:
its just 11 more.....and look at me sad
weird thoughts! about life in homecountry ,internship days and how it will be if i will go back and work there. oh God help me with my wandering mind!

though i will keep listening.try to concentrate.......

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  #14

9.00pm
at this speed i guess i will have to schedule my exam 1-2 yrs later.....arggh.. :evil: :evil: :evil:
God help me!
Another day is about to end...what am i doing?

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  #15

hi wannabe
you are doing good.dont let the tension build up!!!just do as much as possible....you will definetly do good in the exam.

  #16

Good morning all!
10.00 am
it was a bad day ,yesterday.
I wont go like this anymore. Time is running .
So today my aim is finish immuno and leftver work from yday. Seems like i didnt do any productive work yday.
Anyway, now forget it.
Just starting the day with full energy!
Prayng God for good speed, best concentration & good stamina.
[-o<

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  #17

Yes wannabe...
You have to revise more things today..just keep up...
with wishes..
niti

  #18

hey wannabe we are both in the same boat
I am going crazy too and havent been doing much
cant get much done in the day
how is it going ?
did you take the kaplan simulated taht everyone talks about?
what about nbme 2?
good luck
Hope everyone prays for us :|

  #19

6.15 pm

It took too much time...about to finish immuno only.
It was long time to touch this subject..thats the reason.
nothing much again.But i need to relax on this situation.Its ok...what can i do if the brain is not ready to absorb?
will revise the things. or they will vanish again.
want to do micro as well tonight.
lets see..have to listen goljan first.

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  #20

doctorusmle
how are you doing?
have you done your qbank again?
i had used questions of simulated ,so wont be doing.
At this point i am scared to get low scores.
The truth is i cant postpone the exam,so i just want to go for it.
all the best!

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  #21

9.30 pm

uff...
I want to shift to micro now.
Waiting for hubby (who didnt come bak fom office d/t work)..it has made me more slow.
when will this all things end at last?
study-study-study!
thats the career in medicine.

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  #22

Its only 9 more.........oh my gosh!
Its already 20 th.
so much do .
Hititng pharmac today. Hope everyhting will go fine. I am just giving my sincere efforts.
Praying God to get me out of this safely.
only 9 days....... :evil:
study ,study,study........time is flying!

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  #23

hey wannabemd...i feel ur pain..its just crazy,,,i'm a nervous wreck..feel like i dont know anything..not a single subject im confident abt...took NBME2..got 530...not sure where i stand...getting nervous by the minute!....panic attacks!!...this is what they feel like...hyperventilation...i bet my PCO2 is LOW!..hehehe...anyway...good luck to u ..i'm praying for u and the all rest of us...ur daily dairy has been my inspiration..how do u get so much done??..keep going my friend..lots of luck!

  #24

10/21/2004
thursday
9.00am

Thanks sky04
was feeling really nervous ,felt like i need more time.
I went through Ahdy 2000's daily diary....there he said war is still on..its 8..not only 8 ........BIG BIG 8 DAYS STILL IN HANDS!!!
Yes 8 Big days are still remainig.
And i am gonna make best out of them.
war is still on...and i will never surrender.
okie...somehow was not able to read that ANS again from kaplan y'day.
so what i did is some pharmac..and 100 questions.
I know 8 days before exam its not enough.But i slept so well y'day,it was after so many panic days, didnt felt like there is any exam ahead. I am ok with these feeling as atleast my brain get some relaxation.
Like my hubby told me in the morning..its just one exam...only exam.Nothing more.You can or can not do it.Its ok. You are more important than hat stupid exam. If it happenes its ok, or life is not gonna stop.
so ok gus...
I will go back to my kaplan....i started my morning with some pathology.
will read for some more time.

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  #25

hi wannabe
you are doing good.keep it up.sleep well...dont get exhausted before the exam!!!THERE ARE STILL MORE 8 DAYS.you can do many things. :lol: 8)

so eat well,sleep well and take sufficient rest. 8)
ALL THE BEST!!! :lol:







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