flowmeter
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Hi everybody,
It has been a long time since I wrote but I was studying. I did not want to report until I have something real good to say. I know that it is not the purpose of this group but I felt like I was dragging. I have read biochem to chapter 13 and wanted to be a lot further.I am picking up a little speed now and really try to study every time I have a chance.
Jaide - How much longer do you have in Immuno. I am trying to finish biochem on time to start the new subject with you and do micro later just like you proposed to seems.
I feel a little bit down but this group keeps me going.
Thanks a lot.
Keep on keeping on.
GL.
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| jaide
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hey all...
@zenith ....long time.....welcome bac....
@oldkid...watever u feel is the best way...go for it......
@seems......hmmmm..ok so where r u now??? any plans on joining me anytime soon???
@target........comeon....just show biochem who's the boss
@proctalgia....r u done with micro???
@unique......set up a target date...and schedule....tht should help
guys.....all those behind...plz forgive me for bieng the uppity selfish unfeeling twit....but one month of boichem is way too much...at this speed...1 read will end in jan...at that rate...exam date will b sometime around sept 2007.......plz.... try and pik it up...coz path is huge..not to mention physio...and of course micro .bless the fires of hell is all about memorizing the tiniest possible details...uuugghh!!!!!!! and i will not even comment on pharm.....my point here is that these sub will need constant and repeated revisions...for that time is a luxury...
@flowmeter.......i have 48 hr more for immuno...on ch 7 as of now...uptil this point it was easy stuf...now i think comes the tougher bits....after that...i think i'll pik up physio...coz i have to do that before path...
How do I change?
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labour.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be the master of my emotions.
gl....happy studying...and sorry if i sound panicky..or harsh...
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| seems
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hey guys
hows life.
hmm
welcum back zenith, i guess now u can study bettr wz a fresh mind.
target ,did u get th eaparment yet?
unique ,wher r u . and all others i hope u guys have been studying well.
jaide :
well u r absolutely right ,we need to speed up ,we do need adse like that evey now nad then eheheheh.
i will be done wz biochem INSHA ALLAH in th enext 48 hours like u i hope INSHA ALLAH ,if nothing came ,no it wont i will finsh it . i m right now at chpter 13th half is done, so then i mleft wz 5 chpters and i m gonna kill my self and finsh those.
ok u wana start physio after that ,its god u can . so then u go ahead and start physio cz i read it once ,and while u fish physio ill finish micro and immuno , i find immuno really hard ,cz i started it once and then left it .
so then INSHA LLAH TOGETHER AND WHO EVER WANTS TO JOIN WE CAN DO PHARMA AND PATHO , by then i ll be nomore working ,INSHS ALLAH ,so ill be fast then. all my time will go to studyies an dthen i m gonna make a strict schedual like shrunt and we all can folow it ,INSHA ALLAH . ok
how does that sounds.
ohh this is for anyone who like the plan ok guys. i think unique is going to b edone soon wz biochem right unique??
anyways guys ,now i ll go an dsleep its 5:00 in the morning . seeu tomorrow.
good luck everyone and happy studying
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| target
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hi guys,
Jaide thanks for the push- helps me. You are right - 1month is too much for biochem. I still havent found an apt. Today is going to be my final search and I am going to pick one and get back to studies and packing . Phew.........I wish I can take off from work to study. Yesterday was bad .......didnt touch my books. I will catch up by the end of the week - I hope to finish atleast biochem if not genetics. Please pray for me . Seems thank you for kind words.
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| oldkidontheblock
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Jaide
Thanks for remembering me and for the support. I need a lot of motivation. I miss this group as people here are fantastic. I keep visiting this post and I hope to gain from experience of you guys for USMLE which is my ultimate goal.
GL for your exams.
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| unique1
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Hey guys,
Nice to hear from almost everyone.
Oldkidontheblock, wish you good luck with all your plans. Hope you join in again once done with your MCCEE. Please keep us in your prayers.
Target , hope you will be concentrating on your studies much more once your are done with moving . I know moving is not easy but try to get done with this as soon as possible.
zenith, I hope you are going full steam now.
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| oldkidontheblock
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Hi again to all my friends zenith, seems, target, proctalgia, unique, jaide......I just wanted to know that how many hours each of you are studying/day and when do you plan to write the exam. Also it will be great if you can mention your year of graduation. I am 1995 graduate and unique is 1990. I am still confused about the MCCEE thing coz I think once I finish Step One Inshallah basic sciences will be out of my life for ever. Help me guys...what do you say?
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| oldkidontheblock
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Hi Unique thanks for the advice.
I am back to step one having lost considerable time.
I am doing biochemistry again from the start having done 4 th chapter. Congratulations on completing biochemistry in such difficult circumstances. It is good that you are ahead of me and you can keep me guiding of your experiences as you study. One thing..did you do all the videos alongwith the text and mcqs at the end of each chapter?
I am doing FA side by side. I think last thing b4 exam would be to do the tables and figures of LN and FA to give quick review of the subject and I think this way you can revise whole of biochemistry in one day just before the exam.
I do understand the culture and nobody could have done better than what you have done in such a situation.
I intend to sit for the exam in the first quarter of next year.
GL with your studies. Pray for me.
I wonder where is the rest of the gang?  
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| keepgoing
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Hi everyone u all are doing juz GR8...keep up the spirit and stay focused...u all ppl are juz amazing and hard worker and strong ones...i really appreciate and im sure ur kids ur huuby/wiffy ur in-laws must be proud of u all!
goodluck!
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| shrunt
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hi everyone,
its nice to see all u guys moving towards our final goal... some of us are a little quicker and others are a lil bit slower but i guess all that would really matter at the end is how long did we stick to studying regularly rather than how slow or how fast...
we all have our days when we just cant study no matter how hard we try, but in the overall picture if we can regularly even if for a short time, eventually we shall win our usmle war.
and for that i'll urge all of u to post ur progress everyday no matter how slow u might be feeling u are going. the trick is to just post ur progress... even something like "i did not touch my books today... " is much better than reporting after a week like "i have covered all the subjects of step 1..." the reason being that if we dont study and have to admit to that everyday before before all the people who are our online friends, we build a certain pressure at the back of our head... and this pressure itself stops us from posting if we dont have any progress to report... but if we let this pressure build more and more by writing everyday no matter what, eventually that pressure alone starts working for us and suddenly we realize that we are getting better at reporting better progress... almost as if by magic... i'll urge everyone in our group to build this pressure for at least about 15 days without a single day of gap and then see if it makes a difference in ur picking up speed as well as feeling more in control...
and if it doesnt work u still have nothing to lose... so just try and see if it can make this battle with usmle a lil easier for u...
good luck to everyone in the group...
remember we are all in this battle and we shall win one day and we will all do it together...
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| seems
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hey guys
thanx a lot shrunt , that was really nice of u to encourage all of us . u r right and really it works ,i have experienced it my self ,bt i dunt know somedays u just dunt feel like ,cz u feel like such a loser that u dunt feel like doing anything. but really it works .
thanx alot ,and good luck with ur journey , im sure u r doing good. keep going and as u said we will win it soon one day.
thanx
and happy studying
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| seems
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hey guys where is the rest of th egroup ,guess enjoyinfg the weekened.
guys as shrunt said ,plzz do report, our group is notr doing well ,really.target ,,unique ,zenith,jaideeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ,oldkidontheblock, flowmeter and alllll the other guys in the group, where r u guyssss????
goodluck
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| unique1
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Hi shrunt ,I agree with you 100% . Each one of us should report prefferably every day and at least on every other day . I am sure it will help and we will finaly win our war.
Seems, the purpose of our group is not to judge one another but it is to ENCOURAGE each other as all of us are almost in the same boat. Please do not feel bad if you don't have much to report , as shrunt advised , just report whatever you were able to do or were not able to do.
I second shrunt and urge every one to report regularly and then see if it works for us.
Come on guys. Lets win this war together.
Oldkidontheblock, I did the videos but I did not do FA . Will do it along with my 2nd read InshaAllah.
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| target
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Hi guys,
I did find my apartment atlast -whew it is so hard to find an apartment in this new city -probably I am picky but it is not wrong to try to find a safe place for me and my boy. The problem was I had to find it in the school zone that I want my son to go to and also with the bus route to campus since we cant park on campus. Anyway I am glad God helped me to this one - havent signed the lease yet - Monday ! So next thurs/fri is the move and sat I am off to arizona until 3rd aug. The whole of this week evenings I have to pack the boxes. So...........where is USMLE prep in the midst of all this .........I am losing hope. Maybe I am a procrastinator.....maybe I am just giving reasons not to study. THe guilt is killing me - I feel I am not doing anything (work, mom job, house cleaning, paying bills, keeping appointments ) to my satisfaction........am very dejected about myself.
I hope my new apartment brings me good luck.....everybody please pray for me .....I guess I am the slowest in the group.......never been like that in my entire career from kinder garten.....maybe I am getting old....I managed to finish overview of energy metab and glycolysis (only video) last week between my apartment hunting in the evenings. Sometimes the thought of seriously giving up USMLE which is putting even more stress on my life, seriously keeps crossing my mind.
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Nice to hear from you target Good to know that you found the appartment of your choice . Wish you a safe and happy stay in your new place.
Listen gal , I have never seen a mom who is doing every thing to her full satisfaction. No matter how much time we spend with our kids we still feel it is not enough. No matter how much we clean our house it seems messy .
All of us feel the same way at certain times . As you are going thru this moving thing right now , which all of us know is very hectic , probably that's why you are going thru this kind of feelings. I advise to settle down in your new appartment first and then come back to your books. You cannot be a bigger procrastinator than I am  . Yes all of us are getting old but remember you are many years younger than me
I am glad that you shared your feelings with us. That's why we need a group. All of us need friends who can offer their shoulder when we want to cry. Now cheer up and give me a biiiiiiiiiig smile Yes thats a good girl .
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hi guys,
i had a question: is anyone doing/starting on physio. if yes it would be nice if we could do it together. i know jaide was going to start physio. till how far are u jaide? i should be starting it tomorrow.
to target: trust me, lots of us have tonnes of probs in our life, myself included. but u know what, our getting to clear our usmle steps will be a great weapon for us that will help us deal successfully with so many of the probs which are keeping us awy from clearing our steps in the first place. so choice is ours, either to clear usmle and then get a nice residency and then deal with all our never ending probs or just give up and let these troubles sink us...
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| keepgoing
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Wow thanx shrunt,target and unique1 really inspiring and very encourging...SORRY TO PEEP IN AND commenting over ur posts but i cudnot stop myself...hope u wont mind
goodluck to u all and @ target---dont get upset goodluck for ur new apartment hope that brings happiness at ur door!
god bless ya all!
keep motivating encourging eachother!
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Good Sunday morning everyone,
Thank you very much keepgoing, for taking time to read our posts and writing in our thread . You are very welcome to peek in whenever you want. We sure need a lot of motivation and encouragement .
OK guys , I am doing immuno these days. A whole lot different from the immuno I read in my med.school but I am finding it simple and easy to understand so far. The immuno teacher is good , does not let me snooze .
I am reading only Kaplan along with lectures. I think as long as I am understanding it, I do not need any other book. What do ya think............? I started immuno on Friday and have done 5 chapters so far ( a speed slower than a snail ).
I will report my todays progress at the end of the day and from now on I will report my day's progress ( or failure to progress ) every night , per shrunt's advice. Please guys keep reminding me that I have to report every night.
There are no end of the chapter questions in immuno section of Kaplan. How can I know how much am I unerstanding the concepts? Any suggestions for that ?
Ok guys. Have a good day and happy studying.
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| oldkidontheblock
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Hi
I couldn't study yesterday and today. Was extremely busy with job and had some urgent house work to do.
Keep motivated and keep motivating.
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| target
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Hi everybody
Thanks for all you support and suggestions esp. unique, shrunt and keepgoing (thanks for stopping by ). Yeah you all are right - I have to just get back after moving - I havent packed a box it is sunday and I should move on friday. This morning went to lab to complete my 3 day experiment and am writing this after getting home. I am getting ready to go to church for a 12noon mass and with His blessing and your support friends I think I can make it. Please pray for me.
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to target: that's the spirit! u are not alone coz we are all with u... so just keep trying ur best
havent seen zenith for a while... hope all is well at her end.
see u guys soon. till then all of have a great sunday...
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| seems
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hey guys
nothing much to report
i m still stuck with biochem ,wanted to finish ,but again aprtment search and new place and moving ,will move this sunday INSHA ALLAH ,then i shd give more time to study ,cz no work,thank GODDDDDD.
anyways , m on chpter 15th of biochem ,still 3 more to go.
happy studying everyone ,and plzzz remebr me and all of us in ur prayers
GL
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Hey guys,
Todays achievement.........chapters 6 and 7 completed. Not much but at least did something
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Seems , targer , oldkidontheblock , keep your spirits up!!! tomorrow is a new day. I wish tomorrow brings more motivation and productivity for all of us.
Good night everyone. See ya tomorrow InshaAllah.
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wow unique - u r doing really well. keep up that spirit........
shrunt and seems: thank u for remembering me - no i've not vanished from the face of this earth - just not feeling up to it and therefore, didn't report. shrunt, i guess u r absolutely right - it really makes sense to report your daily achievement (or no achievement) - keeps u under a sort of pressure and the more u run away from it, the less u study and the less u report! soooooooo, God willing, will report everyday from today.
target: i feel for you girl - i mean, hats off to u - managing everything on your own - i'm sure its anything but easy..........but keep it up and don't let your spirit slacken - this is the time to move on despite your obstacles. the other day i was just wondering why we go thru needless suffering in our lives and God gave me something so beautiful to chew on: 'The birth of a Pearl" - u know how a pearl is formed - it is the oyster's response to an irritant in his body. a fragment of some irritant that the oyster accidentally ingests gets embedded somehow on the inside of its shell, and the oyster surrounds that something with countless layers of mother of pearl to produce a rare and precious jewel. so its the suffering of the oyster that produces the awesome pearl. so my friend, tread on - this road may be long, but will lead u to the end of your journey, which will be worth accomplishing.
okay guys, i'm stuck with biochem for what seems like eternity now - plan to push up a notch if i need to get anything done - will be starting with chapter 9 after work today. it took a lot for me to mention the chapter number, since i've only managed 8 chapters so far (in over a month) and i was so ashamed to mention it, but i'll never progress if i don't face up to my weakness. well yes, there were a million distractions in the last 1 mth, but now, i have no more excuses. i know that even now, its not like i'll suddenly start achieving 50 pages a day, owing to a full-time job, but i'll try to complete atleast a chapter a day. some day, i'll be ready to face this monster............
good luck to you - all my friends on this difficult journey!!
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