step1mom
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hi there
here is another mom with a 5 weeks old son and trying for step one the second time.I failed the first time with a score of 69.I really want to do great but there are so many limitations with the baby.Still I have started from today.I have started with physio.reading my brs notes and first aid.right now doing endo.hope to finish physio theory by tomorrow .
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| 99doc
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Hello,
welcome to the diary world.
keeping a journal keeps u on track.
Best Wishes with ur prep.
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| cyra
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hi,
I can understand that you must be going through an ordeal...but one should never give up...and the fact that u have started studying again shows that you have the courage and the strength to make it.....i know a person who managed to do it with four little boys and is now in her last year of residency...whenever i feel down...or think its getting difficult...i think of her...if she can do it...any body can!!..u will too!!....good luck!
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| KEROCHI
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wow step1 mom! Go for it! You can do it!!
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| usmlerock
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hey welcome
dnt worry ,there are so many pple around who will help u and u will always keep on track...just stay consistent and remember its not how much time are u spending its how well u are spending it......keep on taking tests and assess yrself every often and donot take exam until u have the nbme scores of above 590
all the best and happy studying
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| tanisha
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Good luck dear!
Don't give up.Study hard and you will do it surely this time.
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| rubyedward
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hello step1mom, good luck...all u need is trying to be consistent!! everything is possible!!
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| kaira
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hi step1mom
WELCOME TO THE DIARY LAND
1st congrats for the baby.....
just the decision of taking back the steps wth a positive attitude means ur half the way through....now its just 50%more to goo
as ruby everythng is possible....i agree too
study hard
kaira
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| step1mom
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Thanx for the encouragement.I really appreciate that.I did a bit of physio.Finished endo and did questions.I have also done respiration.now doing cardiovascular.I think my endo section is weak.So I am thinking to reinforce with some kaplan lectures.Respiration is good.let us see what happens with cardio once I do its questions....Anyways thanx for the support.may god bless you all.
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| docmama
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Hey!! I'm in the EXACT same boat u r...except my son is 9 wks today! I had also failed once...gonna try to appear for exam end of June (hopefully with God's grace). Something i realized that will probably help...i was feeling so sad that i cant play with him or i cant hold him all the time...but slowly over the last few wks, i realized that leaving him alone helped him learn to discover the world around him...i just kept him in the same room on the bed or on a bouncer...he is doing fine just as long as he has his food. Every once in a while he used to get fussy...and it is usually around the timethat i need a break. I just take him for a 10-15 min walk around the house or outside. I finished Endo using Goljan...helped a bunch...try his lectures. Please keep in touch...it helps me to know someone's in the exact same boat i am.
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| step1mom
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Hey docmama.
Its so nice to find someone in the same boat.Well I would love to keep in touch.I'll tell you very honestly that I am so guilty conscious that my son is just 6 weeks old and I am studying when ikts time for me to be there for him,to talk to him,to play with him.But I have some help at home.My husband and my mother in law.Still you wont believe me that sometimes I cry alone bcz I feel my son is more attached to both of them and not me.But then i gather all my motivation and take a new start.It is hard to study even with the help.I am trying to finish physio for God knows how long.Now I am doing GIT and then I will be left with CNS and general.I am doing questions and tests.I get the same scores as the first time.My physio is weak.I am really confused now ...may be I should buy the kaplan lectures.I have the eabprep cds but they only cover endo and a bit of cardiac muscle.I really need help now.Good luck with your p;reparation,You are my role model.
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| step1mom
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well,still doing physio.but managed to finish the theory somehow.Now starting with q bank.lets see what do I score
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| step1mom
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I did a q bank test.I have got 80%.But I think this score is not reliable as I have the photographic memory of the answers.So I did usmleasy test and have got 52%.I really need another resource for physio.I am not very good at physio concepts.
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| step1mom
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Well YES iam depressed today.I feel I am trapped in this usmle game.I feel as if I am a loser.Sometimes I regret why did I have a baby?then I feel like a selfish mother.Then I feel I am worthless.All these thimgs are messing up so much.I have just failed in handling the baby and usmle together.I really need motivation from you guys.
I am not able to study for three hours with concentration.My baby is having colic.He is now 8 weeks old and still he has just no routine.I feel as if neither I am a good mother nor a good doctor.I feel like a complete loser.I look at my baby and I feel as if he is complaning that I dont give him enough time.Then I think about my career and I feel as if I havenot even crossed the single hurdle.Will I ever be able to manage all these things as I used to do before getting married and having a kid?
I have been listening to goljan lectures and you wont believe me that I just listen to one lecture one day.How am I going to do this?How do I get my kid into a habit of sleeping as newborns do while I can study?
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| unfortunate
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u are really doing good ..
good luck
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