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Hey guys,
 Nobody home??? 
Where are you guys???
Please report what ever you are doing.
Mytime , having fun with NA buddy ? 
Zenith , you are doing good. Keep it up.
There is a lot going on my end which is keeping me away from books. Hopefully everything will be sorted out by this evening.
Tomorrow is another day. My hopes are alive  Will be with my beloved books soon InshaAllah.
Will see ya soon . Please keep posting and study hard.
Have a good one.
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Hi everybody,
How are you all doing? Thanks for remembering me. Things are going very very slow......but like you say mytime I am trying not to quit beleiving me. THe work is not yet done and will probably take another 2 weeks. I read pathology respiratory system yesterday. Very little but that the best I could do . Seems, old kid, jaide Proctalgia, do report. Mytime I think it is time for our mid september report......what do the others think?
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target, so nice to see u back. and please honey, don't talk about mid-sept report - don't have anything worthwhile to report at my end. i'm trying to put in a couple of hours everyday - i wish i could do more. the more i read, the more i realize how little i know and how much more i need to read and then re-read - gosh, this is a never-ending thing, or at least, for now, the end is not in sight.............
by the way, where is the rest of the gang?????
mytime and unique: its nice to see u guys reporting regularly - with or without progress.
gosh, at this point, i'm feeling so overwhelmed with the amount of material that needs to be covered. there's just sooooooooooo much..............and with my job, i can only do so much. i just don't realize how the whole day flies by...........every morning, i tell myself that its a new day and i will achieve my target for the day, but that seldom happens, coz by the time, i come back home from work, i'm so pooped. i don't know how to get around this problem - i wish there were more than 24 hours in a day...........
well, the good news for the day is that I finally have a handle on all the Interleukins. i would've liked to list them all with their functions, but unfortunately, i'm at work right now & have tons of things to complete. my boss is giving a presentation in an hour - have to attend that as well.
to all my other family members: please report your progress/no progress, but don't go missing. you are missed...........
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| seems
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hii guys
weekend was great but getting back to study is a little tough 4 me ,unique u r right on this ,ican undertstand ,cz every time i take a vacation i cant get back to th ebooks. i need a day to recover.
so monday went doing nothing.
tuesday,i did only one chapter of immuno.
today hopefully will be a more productive day,
how s every one doing . mytime ,unqiue,zenith u guys rock.u guys r keeping th ethread alive.
oldkid,proctalgia,rashmi and the other how r u guys doing?
great going zenith ... which chapter r u oni n immuno?
target ,something is better than nothing ,so dunt worry atleast u r doing somthing ,unlike me wasting time
ok guys will report when i do somthing.
u guys take care and goodluck
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| mytime
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Listen up guys....
Each of us have almost the same desire and each of has to struggle through to get there...each of also has a equally similar mess up mechanism so all of us out there who frequently mess up need to know we are all in it together...Ok we didn't do what we thot we wud but we did do something else however insignificant it might seem...so please stop hiding and feeling guilty about urself....own up and write...it's ok to be distracted...thats human nature doc..as is running and hiding....but we can't keep that from proving this thing abt. superior races that we have a great brain so come ye all and put it together to greater use.
I think now is the time to report in everyone.......I haven't done much but i won't let that scare me..i'll go first.Last one in has to compile it all as one.
PHYSIOLOGY from Kaplan with Qs. at the back....forgotten all the computable parts though which happens to be the chunk.
ANATOMY........Embryology from HY followed by Kaplan and Qs.
Gross and histology same.
Still doing NA.probably this whole week.
Biochem to do next weekfrom Lippincott and Kaplan maybe Hy too.
trying to do Qs. in between and lectures too.
That's all for now..UniQUE1, OLDKID, ZENITH,JAIDE,SEEMS,TARGET,PROCTALGIA,RASHMI..whose up next..GOOD LUCK u lazy bones...so truely we are all a family.
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| proctalgia
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Hi my dear friends
I am still struggling with NA. Things are bit hard than expected. May be my presenile brain is slow to process some information.
Mytime thank u. As usual your encouraging words are what keep most of us on the tract.
I too try my level best to finish NA by this weekend and then move on to do path and some NA MCQs.
Wish all of you nice folk GL and happy studying.
LOVE
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Hey mytime, your encouraging words will help getting us all back on track.
Thanx dear One of my Indian friends asked her cousin to send Kaplan notes for National Board of Dentistry.Today she got the parcel from India and called me pulling her hair ....... guess what ???? ..... her cousin has sent her Kaplan usmle step 2 note.
Ha Ha Ha
Target, seems, zenith, proctalgia ......soooo nice to hear from you all 
Oldkidontheblock, where are you ? Busy preparing for Ramadan ? I hope everything is fine with you. You have not posted in the last few day It causes worry . Please do tell us that everything is alright at your end.
Jaide, I know you will be back soon with something motivational. Please hurry ... we are in desperate need of it 
As far as mid September progress is concerned ........ regretfully I don't have much
I only did General Principles in Pharmacology and that is it
My target is to finish Pharma and Patho till the mid of November. I know it is slower than a turtle but I know my limits guys . I have to be reallistic 
Wish you all happy studies and hope I will be back in the swing of things by tomorrow .
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| oldkidontheblock
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Dear Friends
Thanks for remembering. I was having mild flu and was busy with work.
I have been reading your posts but never had the energy to type coz there isn't any solid progress. I am still stuck with Patho and considering the audio and Goljan slides it seems to absorb a lot more time than I anticipated.
I sometimes wonder when will I be able to finish the course, master it, write the exam and pass it. I wish I had all the time in the world, all the energy and all the commitment to do it. But after a day of hard work in the hospital and with lacking energy and declining dedication levels the task sometimes seems so impossible.
Its nice to see you guys moving on and I feel ashamed of myself being a lazy bone.
I so desperately wish someday not far from now hopefully I can just relax, feeling good that I did it and its over.....but that requires tons of hard work and lots n lots of motivation which I guess I am short of. May God help me!!!
GL
Edited by oldkidontheblock on 09/20/06 - 11:35 PM
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Thank God..it's wonderful to see u ppl. listening..I missed u all too much. But what i said still stands...updates everyone....whether u meet ur goals or not 'coz it'll keep us all going...
OlDKID...u are meant to inform us if u are unwell 'coz we all worry.Yesterday my son got sent home with diarrhea....and is home today so NA went flying out of the window.
IHope u are feeling better now....don't worry u'll be relaxing someday soon.
UNIQUE! whatever u managed is good u are doing it for urselof not us so take ur time if u need to do it.....don't beat urself abt when u can't.....just don't forget the goal.....
PROCTALGIA u are still better off ..I know NA can be a pain but study it well..it's interesting and imp.
Rest of u still waiting to hear from u..Take care..ye all.Good luck.
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Hey mytime,
Today I am reading patho. My younger one is home today .I am really tired . I think it is time to make myself a good cup of coffee and have Gulab Jaman with it . You are welcome to join .:
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| seems
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hii guys
hope every one is ding well.
oldkid,its nice to have u back. howr u now,and dont loose heart, some days ar productive wile th eothers r not. and 4 sure everyone of us will get over wz this exam very soon INSHA ALLAH . the fact that all of us r together on this foorum 4 the same purpose is a proof that we all r walking ,or running 4 some ppl, ,towards our goal.
MYTIME: i m sorry to hear abt ur child ,i thinksomething is wrong now a dys,specially wz spinach,i saw other ppl too having it.
UNIQUE: good that u started wz patho,do anything but we should somthing .i kept on doing that wz immuno remebr i could never start it ,but then when i did micro and biochem i m able to do it now ,ALHUMDULLILAH. once we r done wz other subjects ,the ones wleft r then easy to do ,cz our burden is reduced then.
hmm so having glab jaman han.....good it ll be a quick supply of energy 4 ur brain, enjoy now cz once its ramadan no more gulab jaman an dcofee in th emorning heheheh
my progress,ha welllllll.
still at immuno. now starting chapter 10.
wasted the weekend and monday so i m really lagging behind the schedual. wanted tofinish the 1st reading at least till the10 th of october.
rest of the gang ,good luckand kep on posting .
i think i m th eonly good girl [posting every day regularly hehhehehehe
ok ok i knowwww i m not regular ,but u guys plzz do report
u guys take care and plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz pary 4 me and 4 each other too.
good luck and happy studying
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seems like all my friends are doing great.
unique: my mouth is watering . but don't eat too many of those - remember - "a moment on the lips, forever on the hips!!!"
mytime: i'm sorry to hear about your son - poor thing - he's always having something or the other - is it his daycare? why don't u try another daycare?
seems: don't feel bad girl - we're all lagging behind here. i was supposed to start with chap 9 yesterday, but couldn't study a word. right after work, i went to a podiatrist and by the time i got back home, i had a splitting headache, so basically had a very unproductive day.
proctalgia - u're doing great!!!
oldkid: c'mon cheer up - i know exactly how u feel - this exam seems insurmountable at this point, but don't worry my friend, even this shall pass away! keep taking baby steps and before u know it, u'll be at the top of the mountain, looking down with a sense of accomplishment. remember, its only an exam........yes, its very important, but don't let your life hang solely on this. enjoy this journey and keep your eyes fixed on the goal and slowly and steadily, all your dreams will turn into reality.
we all have our limitations - with full-time jobs plus a family - we can only do so much.........don't tax yourself too much and don't underestimate yourself - even if u read only 1 page, congratulate yourself, for you are now 1 page short of your 1st reading. as i say this to you, i'm reiterating it for myself - i know its so important to keep your spirits up, esp when nothing seems to go right. i've learnt this from my husband - life is not always fair, but if u keep your chin up and are optimistic - it makes life much bearable............so cheer up and lets see you grinning from ear to ear as you continue your battle with Pathology.
today is a new day and with God's grace, I WILL ACHIEVE MY GOAL FOR THE DAY!!!! oh dear Lord, help me keep my word to myself - i believe your grace is sufficient for me. Amen!
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This is a very dynamic group.....
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here ya go unique.....
actualy i got guests for the week so not done anything for the past few days...will start on anatomy along with bs from sunday(coinciding ith ramazan)
neways...hope u all r doin good....
tc...happy studying...
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Hey friends,
Thanx jaide
Rashmi, where are you ?
Yes zenith , it was the last Gulab Jaman before Ramadan and you are right I already have many lbs to loose
Mytime,proctalgia both you guys are doing good. Keep it up
Goout, thanx for the visit.
Seems, Jaide , oldkidontheblock ( and if there is anyone else who celebrates Ramadan)
RAMADAN MUBARAK.
May Allah shower His blessings on us during the holy month. Enjoy your fasting and prayers and please remember me in your prayers.
To the rest of the friends who do not celebrate Ramadan , you are all invited to join the feast with us every night
Have a good one u all !!!!
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| mytime
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Hey JAIDE i'm so in agreement with Anna freud.if it can't come from within remember there isn't any!!Wow!u'll be at anat soon..i better get it over and done with...Cudn't study for the last 2 days..u all know y..think i'll have to make use of the library this weekend.Oh god! My son used to be good but lately he's just driving me mad...Any suggestions how to deal with tantrums..or better yet any takers?
UNIQUE i'm relying on u to telling what to do...He doesn't listen to anything and is always on the floor throwing things...this is a very recent change is it 'coz he's nearing 2?So u started path that was good....must be a nice path..it at least feels like medicine.
OLDKID yesterday i cudn't write much to u 'coz l'le mr. wudn't let me...so now i want to re-emphasize all that Zenith has said plz....give urself the time don't be so harsh....think abt it like this can u quit ur job and study?No..u probably need to work so...that has to be priority over USMLE or u wud be being impractical.....Relaxing wud just be a state of ur mind..pray that sud help....when tense pray again.
ZENITH don't u dare sympathize with that brat he's been in worst shape and been such a sweetheart..now he's GRRRRRR............ I believe it's a phase but it's tiring me out.Hey looks like u and i have similar medical histories.....Does that mean that u might have a brat soon too.anyway girl...i think u are doing pretty good with the runing around u are doing...me am just sitting on my butts and getting fat...and mad.I know what u mean about gJ's.....One day i had 2 pounds of jalebis and since the next day i have been on this diet it's 5 weeks now and i'm almost about to give up.....how strong does one have to be...guys?WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
PROCTALGIA u must be busy tring to finish up before u post well i hope u'll finish off soon.I'll not say the same abt me or else again something will come up...i'll say instead it'll take me another month now.
SEEMs honey..chap.10 is better than nothing...Surya is undergoing potty training and makes me run around the house before i can catch him and put him on the pot yesterday..he refused to come off it...Ya he got something at daycare and it's same al around town....at least that's what the doc said.I'm not so concerned abt that right now as his behaviour.Oh god!i sound so frustrated....Typical toddler mom!What's wrong with me? I love my son but here I'm just complaining on and on and on..SORRY guys.
RASHMi where have u disappeared .....need u pal.
Ms. TARGET what's up..still waiting on ur post.....it's alright just tell us what u wanted to do and didn't do......i spend a lot of days doing that.
GOOut..Thank u for ur thot but we can get pretty static too..and then currents seem to fly everywhere energizing us and we become dyanamic again..hence, certified I'm now completely out of my mind.
ok guy...wish u a good Ramdan season....looking to be in ur prays.Good luck ye all.and the missing one's plz come back soon.Am sure something is majorily wrong with Shrunt...let's all pray for her today.
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Here's something i flicked from SMARTY's pm to me....
"This one step of choosing a goal & sticking to it ,changes everything & Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." To all of us, especially me, target and olkid..right now.take care buddies.
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| oldkidontheblock
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Dear Friends...
Thanks for your support and your encouraging messages. Indeed the preparation is so lengthy and frustrating that sometimes I feel myself like an ant crawling to the Everest peak. But I think that dedication and steadiness is the key. So, here I am back again. I think that Patho will take the whole of Ramadhan if not half of it. So, I have decided to continue with it. Here in Ramadan mostly nights will be busy so I expect to study after returning from work till morning prayers. "Ramadan Mubarak" to all of you. I would like to thank again my very dear friends on this forum for supporting me and writing those encouraging words.
SEEMS: Thanks for your support. I hope you have finished further chapters in Immuno. Don't feel bad if you enjoyed few days in between coz u need them trust me.
ZENITH: Thanks for those wonderful words. Yes, its a long journey but we have to keep moving slowly and gradually. I am doing exactly that with your support. I hope you are feeling better now and your headache is settled. Are you doing Immuno I thought you started off with Patho?
MYTIME: Thanks for your support. Yes I can't quit this job and I have to manage job, family responsibilities and study. So I am trying my best.
UNIQUE: Welcome to Patho. How are you doing it?
JAIDE: Those were very nice words. GOOUT: You are welcome to join us. I wonder where is PROCTALGIA, TARGET, RASHMI, DARTIKAZ.
Happy studying and keep posting friends...GL
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first of all, happy ramadan to unique, seems, jaide and oldkid (sorry if i missed anyone)!
oldkid: great to see u back in shape - that's more like it my friend! thank you for asking about my headache - i'm much better now, thanks! and i'm doing immunology - i never started with Path - i think u r confusing me with unique. I plan to do Path right at the end - i don't know if its a good idea, but i thought since pathology is an integration of all the subjects, it'll be good to reserve it for last, by which time i hope to have my concepts grounded.
unique and mytime: don't even talk about losing weight - that's a dangerous territory!! i've just about given up trying to look like a hollywood babe..........those women are unreal - i think they eat air for food. at least, we relish what we eat and what are a few extra pounds here and there, right???!!!! its the aesthetic beauty that counts........ okay guys.........whom am i trying to fool here!!!! soooooooo, i need to shed some pounds - well, we are back where we started.............man, this life is so short and there are way too many things to do..........lets take one thing at a time.......1st usmle and aim towards achieving nothing less than 99 in both steps (big dreams, but what is life without a dream..........) gosh, i soooo want to get these steps out of the way.......so i can concentrate on other less painful dreams, like learning French, visiting Japan (yes, out of all the countries in the world, i've always wanted to go to Japan!!), go on a safari to south africa, see the beautiful coral reefs of New Zealand..........the list goes on and on.........Wake up zenith - u r at work - stop dreaming!!!!!!!!!
okay some serious business now - finished 2 chapters of Immuno yesterday - intended to do 4, but........never mind........atleast 1 did something - so now i'm 2 chapters short of my 1st reading. remember, baby steps..........like i said yesterday!
seems: where r u? howz immunology treating u. its very interesting actually, isn't it?? i'm loving it - i wish i had more time on my hands. but since God in His wisdom created 24 hours in a day, i guess that should be just sufficient.
and by the way, mytime: i hope surya is behaving himself now - wish i could give some meaningful advice on "terrible two's" but i really have no experience in that department. unique is the best bet.
rashmi, target, proctalgia - where r u guys?
okay guys, before i sign off - all of u - have a fabulous, study-packed weekend. and don't forget to have fun all the same. remember, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy!
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| unique1
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You ar so sweet mytime
Hmmmmm.....what is the matter with Surya
Could be one of the following:
1 : He has some genuine problem . May be it is his ears . Make sure he does not have any physical ailment like stuffy nose , aching ears or belly.
2 : He needs a little more attention . I know you are not neglecting him and are paying as much attention to him as you can but may be he wants a little more.
3 : He has figured it out that being on the floor is the surest way to make you drop your book and talk to him. Yes they are smarter than we think.
If no.3 is the case then just ignore him. If you talk to him (even if angrily) he gets what he wants and it will only enhance his behaviour.
Most importantly keep yourself calm , drink a glass of water , put his favorite show on. Take it as another milestone of his growth where he is trying to determine your limits and his own too
A big hug to him from me.
You may find parents.com a helpful website. Caution!!!do not spend too much time on the web.
Thanks zenith and oldkid for your Ramadan wishes and good to see you progressing in studies. I actually started writing just after reading mytime's post and had to attend some phone calls in the middle. The whole town is missin me today. Spent 2 hours on the phone Not good at all if I am really serious about my studies .
Will talk to you guys later InshaAllah.
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God Bless You UNIQUE1 i new it was a comb of al the three things u mentioned but it was really making me want to disappear...i actually told my husband last night that lets just taking it as a milestone and be happy in ignoring him...not easy when he's screaming like a banshee..but i guess no other option...huh?
He sometimes acts out and calls his dad and when i come says ...go.I'm trying very hard to deal with rejection from a 23 month old.He's so not into me...courtesy USMLE ..i sure have to kill this bug before he grows out of me completely.
Thanks for writing to me it just made me feel better and a little stronger.
ZENITH don't even mention the pounds that's another battle I'm fighting.....such a short life and so many things to do........live visit New Zealand with u and drop u at Japan and go to China...sit on the elephant next to u in the African Safari and maybe stick out my tongue....God so much more......such a short life.
Good luck to all dreamers here.
BTW it might not be my Ramdan but u cud pretend to wish me at least.Kidding guys...it's ok ....have a great one.....just don't faint u got to study.
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| proctalgia
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Dear friends,
Pleased to see that you guys are active.
Let me wish you a happy and peaceful Ramadan.
Thank u.take care.
will be back soon
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hii guys
hope every one i senjoying and studying.
i was gonna fifnish immuno yesterday but i m left wz one last chapter and cant do it cz of weekend . will try it.finally done wz immuno feels good.
HAPPY RAMADAN to everyyy one. by th eway its not ramadan yet 4 us. our first roza is going to be on sunday, INSHA ALLAH.
guys enjoy ur weekend an dplzzz pray 4 me during RAMADAN, i m sure it will be herad and fulfilled ,its a great month.
RAMADAN KAREEM ,and goodluck every one
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| proctalgia
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HI ALL,
Hope you all are having a pleasent wekend.
Eventhough my expectation was to cover all of NA by weekend now it looks like that i will need extra time. No regrets as I have some understanding of the subject.
Take care and Enjoy weekend, but not forgetting studies!!!
Love and kind regards to all-ZENITH,JAIDE,SEEMS,TARGET,MYTIME,OLDKID,UNIQUE,RASHMI, and the REST
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hey all....
just wanted to wish u all.....HAPPY RAMAZAN!!!
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