KEROCHI
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Good Morning to all! good to see new people around! keep up the good work, laila, doc99,
tanisha, neoplasm, moctopod,niti, postcentral,usmlerock, all the docmoms!
Did 50q's from qbook & read tommy's HY notes & FA last night. Feeling tired today but will still get up & read again! I am sure all our hard work & the time we've put in in our studies will be rewarded soon.. Keep up the HARD WORK GANG!!
Have a productive day!
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| kaira
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hi kerochi
its gr8 to see u working soo hard and lifting others spirit too!!
thnx ur a gr8 help
kaira
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| KEROCHI
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hi kaira,
it's good to know that Im helping you get motivated aside from myself. I honestly say I need a lot of pushing too to get to where i want to be. I hope & pray we'll all make it. For me I am not aiming for a high score I just want to get over this exam so I can move on to the next phase. it's really hard to get up every am & do same thing over & over but i guess it's how it is. it's our choice so make the most of it to be better if not the best later.
have a grand evening every1! Finish all your sched for the day.
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| sobia naeem
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hi usmle team..can i join in..i am planning to take my exam in august or sept.i am doing my second reading..just about to finish biochem..then planning on doing anatomy and finally pathology..well got a bit distracted while doin biochem..but thankfully back on track today..u guys r really very encouraging. and i guess that is what we all need..good luck everyone
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| KEROCHI
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welcome sobia,
good luck on your studies. What r u studying for Biochem? That's a tough sub for me.
Have a great day!
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| sobia naeem
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well i am doin the purine and pyrimidine metabolism right now and then gonna go thru qbank for it..i am using kaplan for it.i am so glad its almost over..i am gonna start neuroanatomy next..good luck to u too kerochi!!
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| KEROCHI
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thanks sobia
today, Sunday I am trying really hard to finish bits of pieces of here & there notes & FA.
I'm reading Goljan HY notes 36pp, finishing up on FA Pharm & Physio & almost done w/ Micro made rid simple notes. I am taking advantage of all the advices from those who already successfully finished w/ the exam & with all your support. I am glad , more than glad abt this site whc is giving me a lot of courage & MOTIVATION to finish this step.
May the Force be with you all!!!
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| KEROCHI
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Hi every1,
Finished w/ my FA phrma & micro at last.. trying hard still to get to full days of q's sometime this week. My mle CD came today.
Where are my other co team memebers??? Are you all finished w/ step 1? niti. moctopod, tanisha, zhouyong??? Where are you guys? Need help here!!
Hi to all new members in diaryland!!
Keep the motivation high!!
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| KEROCHI
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Finishing up w/ FA Physio.. gosh seems like im starting all over again w/ all of these diagrams... So scary..
Does anyone feel the same as if all of our readings are unending 7 seems like I can never finish all of my books..
My aim anyhow would be to start q's seriously already & in between read all my Kaplan notes.. Gee I have 5- weeks left.. & that's it so got to get serious!!
Hope evryone feels the same.. all fired up in studying...
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| KEROCHI
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Finished w/ Physio FA last night. This am i started my Goljan HY notes again. So much to do & to finish. Im trying to memorize stuff .I plan to do my MLE CD this pm.
Take care evry1! Have a wonderful way of studying. I added stretching to keep me awake plus coffee of course.
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| new_dream77
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hi u guys r soo motivating....i read ur dairy its like my daily dose of motivation
kerochi can u plz tell me is it worth doing tommyhy?
thank you
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| tanisha
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Hey hang in there kerochi.
You are doing fine.
Everyone feels crazy about things before exam,you are definitely not alone.Atleast i am in same boat as you.I must be the laziest person...can work in pressure only.So not the presure is on.....
Hope your day is going fine.
Nice way to remain awake.....i also decide everyday to drink coffee,but nefore that i go to sleep.Anyway i guess 1.30am is my limit.
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| KEROCHI
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Hi new dream77,
i'm still reading tommyhy in b/n my review. His notes are very high yield & i think it's worth reading. If you would be interested we can summarize the notes, we'll email each other qday. As of now I am still in page 85 of his notes. he emphasizes the Immunoglobin areas & pharma as far as I read. Let me know if you're interested .
hi tanisha,
i dread the word "lazy" , i get super anxious at times I guess bec of this exam pressure. I have read in one of the members saying this exam is our life changer & i certainly agree so
we know reviewing is really hard esp if we have other stuff to do but if we put our heart in our studies .. for sure in no time we'll be sharing our experiences in the success thread too. Good luck in your studies too. 1:30am is great!! I wish I could do that every night.. can only every other 2 days..
Have super reading day every1!
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| tanisha
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 OOPS ,hey i sent email/pm to you.
Hope you got it.
was waiting for your reply .
anyway...have a good productive day ahead!
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| KEROCHI
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hey tanisha, how r u. sorry i did not get your pm. i got ur pm new dream77.
have a productive nite!
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| tanisha
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Oops...
Hey if you don't mind you send me pm ,and i will reply or send me your another contact information.I will use it for communication(if you don't mind).
Anyway its too late in the night i will go and sleep.
Bye for now.Happy studying.
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| LisaM
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hi all, it is good to see a team of motivated people! i joined the forum quite recently and found this topic only today! i have had many study plans and most of them failed because of unrealsitic expectations. by trial and error, i have decided to take one day at a time. i would like to finish biochem, micro and behavioral early and try to concenterate on anat, phy, path and pharm system wise. i will try endocrine and musculoskeletal before deciding if thats a worthwhile plan. today i hope to finish half of bacteriology and kaplan diagnostic test. will let you know how that goes!
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| new_dream77
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hi kerochi,
thank you for ur advice.
ur plan of discussing is good but asmy exams r fast approaching i wont b able to mail daily..
happy studyin
keep up the spirit
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| KEROCHI
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Hi Tanisha, got your email.. sent you pm just now.
Hi LisaM,
welcome to our world of unending review... Good luck w/ endo & MS today. You can finish it!! Do it!
I started doing anatomy q's (50) last night 7 my score was horrible. I am integrating FA & Kaplan notes to get a better result. I read that Kaplan notes & FA should be enough? What do you suggest???
Good luck to all!!
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| kaira
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hey kerochi
another brief reading of kaplan notes will help bt dng ur FA cold will do the trick...
best luck
kaira
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| KEROCHI
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thnax kaira,
i'll do that.
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| Steplife
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hello, everyone it's my first time and i m kinda nervous but have made a firm goal to pass usmle. By the way, if someone have take exam master online or bought a cd so please tell me the experience using that exam master material..Any advice is appreciated regarding about how to work for usmle. Thankx.
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| KEROCHI
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hi steplife,
sorry I, don't have any exp w/ exam master. I am using qbook & qbank for my q's.
Good luck & have a good prep'n. What r u studying now?
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| LisaM
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hello all! thanks for the welcome kerochi. i have a 18 month old daughter. i will call her "poosh" here which is one of her many nick names. (modified from her favorite winnie the pooh character) she came down with a ear infection starting thursday evening. i stayed home and cared for her on friday. she was already on augmentin. (the clavulanic acid in augmentin breaks the beta lactam ring btw) and the pediatrician put her on zithromax which is azithromyciin a macrolide. she developed diarrhea and vomiting to the meds. i danced wtih her from 12.30am to 6am. (hubby offered to take over, but he looked so out of it, and i did have the energy, so i carried on). i found that if i lay her down, she would vomit, if i sat on the rocking chair, she coughed, but when i stood and danced with her, she calmly slept. probably has a post nasal drip too, the poor dear! what i put her through so i can do what i want to do! the day care is a germ factory! she has had 8 ear infections since november last year. sometimes i feel like a terrible mom and a mean person. but i hope one day she will be proud of me for showing that she need not be confined to home and hearth because she is female but can go on to achieve whatever she sets her heart on.
i am writing this so people in my situation may feel inspired, maybe. took me a long time to believe that there is a balance between keeping home and having a career. i still doubt it sometimes, but i am convinced for the most part.
so i didnt get to study anything for the past 3 days. zip, nada, zilch, zero but i am not going to let that bother me. today (sunday 5.10pm) i dragged myself to the library to warm up for the coming week. poosh is much better thankfully. that always helps with setting the pace and concenteration. i am gong to take it easy and study till 9pm. just do biostatistics and some genetics maybe. i am not the smart type or cramming type which sometimes i wish i were. but i am a hard worker and tough nut, and i suppose and i like to have fun. so i sit with my books and coin silly memory aids which i plan to share with you in my diary. please see if that helps!
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| KEROCHI
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hi lisaM,
I'm sorry to hear abt your little pooh but Im glad she's okay now.
Don't forget that with all of our nonstop review we also have our most imporatnt of family.. it's a sacrifice to tend tp our family first before our studies but it's worth it. Family is still our no. 1 priority. I guess we're the same on that aspect.
Good luck to all.
I did not study for 2 dias now bec of some family get together too.. but it's good to be off books sometimes.
GL to all...
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