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firstly let me thank you guys for your invaluable support - target, unique, dark gable, seems, shrunt and anyone that i might have missed - your support means a lot to me. couldn't do it without you guys.....
unique, i hope your son is feeling better. hang in there - everything will be just fine!
as for my progress, yes, i remember i said that i wouldn't post anything until i finished chapter 4, but what to do - can't keep away from u guys for long. yesterday was better than the day b4 - i couldn't complete chap 4 but managed to do half of it - gosh, its a long chapter..........god willing, will finish it today and report my progress tomorrow.
keep going friends - keep you eyes on the goal..........
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| fss
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Hello guys,
It is good to see how humans we are. This group is great because nobody is pretending and that is the only way one can get help. I do beleive that the beginning is hard and that things will flow better in the future.
Well I thought that I would be a little further but I only finished chat 1, however I have not started my studies tonite. There are so many things to attend to and whe
n one has a husband who is only supportive in words, things are a little difficult. I do think that my husband has given up on me because he has seen at that starting stage so many times, but I am very anxious to prove him wrong.
Zenith and Dark Gable, hang in there. Life still goes on as we are trying to accomplish our goal. All we can do right now is attend to the matter and do the best we can in terms of studies. A little bit is better than none.
Unique I do hope that your son is feeling better already.
To all lets keep our vision and goal which is to conquer the beast.
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| fss
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By the way guys what is the target month for this exam? November or December?
Thanks
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| jaide
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hey...
im bac....only thing remaining is the cursed... last 7 chapters.....i was able to really speed things up coz..biochem and cycles and stuff is easy.....
its the genteics that boggles my senses.....
so how is everyone else doing???
wats the new target???
seems,target,zenith,shrunt...ppl ....just hang in there.....
widom of the day...
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| dr_ecv
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hi to all of you,
well i am gearing up courage to read Biochemistry seeing you all,,according to me its the one of the most hateful things on the earth. well i just wanted to write a line which I read somewhere..and reading about this gruop makes me think of that
IN OUR UNSHAKEABLE FAITH LIES ALL OUR HOPE.
good luck..
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| coolsuch
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hi everyone,
I am new to this forum and had been reading this thread.This group is really good and has been a motivating factor for me and people like me.I am old IMG,graduated in 2000 and have just started reading.I started with patho .I wished I had come across this thread earlier to start withyou guys but mabe I can catch up with other subject with you.I have few concerns I have this KAplan home study kit .Is it worth reading at all.I also have kaplan lecture. notes but no vidieos.can anyone suggest me if thet are absolute must and if they where can i get them from.
I really in very confused state right now.Someone kindly advice.
Also,good luck to all you guys .You guys will surely do good and all of you are always in my prayers as it was from this thread that I got motivated to start reading again.
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| unique1
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Hey coolsuch,come on buddy , don't call yourself old . You graduated in the present century man!!! Not like us , last century graduates struggling in a new era.
I cannot give you any advice about the home study kit as I have not seen it but Kaplan videos are really good. In my openion, if things are fresh in your mind and you have a good grasp of basic hard core concepts you may not need the videos but for me they are a must ,as my old knowledge is gone and I am crawling like a first year student. Thak you for your good wishes and prayers .We really need those.
Hi every one. Firstly thank you all for your concern and prayers for my son. Alhamdulillah he is perfectly fine now.
I have no progress to report  but I am not disappointed with myself . I know I am not wasting any time these days. I am a little over worked these days because of added responsibility of the guests in my house plus my son's sickness( I am not complaining guys ) . So in the last two days I have been physically exhausted and when ever tried to study nothing was getting in my brain. I guess I need rest and some good sleep. InshaAllah I will come on track
No one has reported their progress either. Come on guys!!!! I need some motivation from your progress. I hope everyone is busy studying and have no time to be on the net.
OK guys , take care and good luck
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| coolsuch
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Thank you so much unique1.
I have started to read path from kaplan lecture notes and totally lost about how to go about reading.Should it be slow reading with concepts fromthe text book as all seems so new. where are you all reading biochem from????????
Good luck to all of you.keep going and you wil achieve it.We just have to hang in when the going get tough.Right!!!!!!!!Thanks for motivating.
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| shrunt
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hi guys,
hope everyone is doing great.
jaide, you said in your last post that now only 7 more chapters remain... does it mean you are now on chapter 12th? if so congrats for reaching the target!
after getting done from work i'll start on chapter 11 tonight and hope to finish it today so that i can try to catch up with jaide tomorrow. if i can't finish chapter 12 by tomorrow then i can take it up only on monday coz i would be taking sunday off or else i think i'll go mad studying biochemistry.
i guess everyone in the group is busy coz havent seen to much activity since yesterday. good luck to everyone in the group guys.
and all new members, welcome to the group.
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| proctalgia
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Hi dear friends,
Feel good to be back with you all.The summer is driving me crazy. I never thought the summer is this bad in USA.Sincierly hope you guys are doing OK.
Biochem is progressing steadily, slower than expected. I just finished urea cycle and protein metabolism. This is all heavy stuff, my brain is slowly but surely taking alll this complicating formulas.Yes we can do this guys.
Hi unique 1, Hope your son is ok. I pray for him. I know how you feel when your loved ones are not ok.
I see you are following kaplan video lectures. I am in the same boat just like you when it come to basic knowledge. What I learned in the med school more than10 year ago is no longer in my brain. Perhaps part of the neurones are too gone fopr good.
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Can any body please tell me whether or not the Kaplan video lectures avilable for sale on ebay is fake?
Hi Zenith, hope and pray you are on target to complete chapter 4 as expected.
My thoughts are with you all nice folks in the forum right at this moment as I write this note.You are keeping my faith alive. With mutual support this task is less daunting.
Take care and so long. May God bless you all.
Thank you
PS "IF poeple knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius"
Michelangelo
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| jaide
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hey everyone...so not many folks have been bac......
but here i am....so im done with ch 13 and 14...as well......so is anyone with em?? or r u ppl enjoying ur weekend very much!!!!
newys...do report in soon...with watever news u have... coz our job is not just to study together..but also to push/pull/shove/ each other in the rite directions....
wisdom of the day....(somethoing lite..as its the weekend)
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
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| seems
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hiii guys
hope all of u r doing well.
i was really busy all these days ,and i havnt touch the book for those many days.
i thought i wont post nything untill i do sumthing .
but then as jaide mentioned ,we r supose to post everything and push each other , but i m soo ashamed of my self , but thses not igonrable. i wont go into the boring details of it .
so here i m reporting nothing but regret. so guy slearn frm mme ,if u dunt study u ll be stuck too at chpter 6 ,for ever .
so hurry up and study .
i m gonna start studying noww ,lets see how much i do.
u guys take care .
its great jaide that u reached chpter 13 and 14. ill try to catch up wz u , hope fully soon.
keep going guys ,we have very less time .
i wana take this exam ,by september novmber ,definetly ,cz i wana go and visit my family backhome.
i wanted to for EID,but ALLAH ONLY knows if its going to be possible ,plzz guys pary 4 me .this is th first time i m away frm my family for sooo long .i miss them alot.
u guys take care ,and good luck .
and where r u guys , target ,uniique( thankGOD that u rson is doing well now ), zenith ,shrunt ,dark gable ,and all ofu ,sorry if i missed some names.
guys as jaide said keep on reporting ,really it helps , dunt loose interest in between. this is very common ,amnog a group ,very enthusiasitic in th ebeging and in between ,they all becum a little lazy , offcourse i m a pert of it ,and i didi the sma ething ,but now that i realised i m wrong , i m tellingu guys ,really it helps when u write ur progress or or ur failure to progress. just post it .
ALL THE NEW GUYS WHO JOINED US ,WELCOME TO THE CLUB . THIS IS A GREAT GROUP ,U GUYS WILL ENJY .
take care everyone and goodluck
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| target
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Hi guys,
I posted yesterday and it showed up and then disappeared today when I logged in today. Anyway I was in the same boat as many of you until Friday evening .....guess what, I was were I left last friday chapter 4 . One whole week I did not touch the books ........just tired when I got home from work or just lazy. Well I felt so depressed on Friday evening I went to bed early determined to get up early sat morning before my son wakes up and get something done when I am fresh. Guess what ! I did complete
ch 4 and finsihed ch 5 and 6 on saturday. It was a terrific day - I had cooked a meal in between breaks , fixed breakfast, read to my son showed the kids some games did laundry, cleaned the house all with biochemistry as the center of my day. It felt good!
SUnday was busy with church, grocery, and came back tired rested a while and then started genetic testing - I knew I wouldn't be able to finish it today - so skipped to hormones and finished that chapter - you know jut to give a sense of accomplisment. Now it 10 p.m. and my son wants me in bed- he goes to bed only if I hug him.......I know you must be smiling because like dark gable said .....we go to sleep too with them.......sometimes even before they do
So, the moral of the story like jaide and seems said, lets report whatever we have done and pep each other up and with serious guys like shrunt and jaide around we atleast have their support to keep us steering toward the goal. Just like seems I want to finish this exam before Xmas and my sons birthday Dec 21st so I can really enjoy that time.
Unique, Dark Gable, Cool such, zenith, seems , drecv proctalgia, raimin - hang in there - some days are better than others and we should catch up on those days! BUT REMEMBER DONT LOSE OUR INITIAL ENTHUSIASM GUYS _ WE DONT WANT TO FALL BACK ONE MORE TIME - lets give it our heart and soul and keep MLE the focus for the next 6 months and with everything revolving around it ( even work) and wont we be proud when we procastinators make a 99! 
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| jaide
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woah!!!! target and seems...u guys really r planning a tite exam...dec...nov??
in that case...my sincere advice......dont waste anymore time.....
if the first read is gonna take so long...seems ,u wont have time to properly do the second read....and target...u too ..so friends plz buckle down for some serious studying.....
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| target
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Thanks Jaide for the the warning. Hope we all pick up speed soon .......I know this is the warming up stage for most of us......but let is us remember we can to start running at some point....best wishes.....have a great week ahead and lets go for it. ! Get this biochem down!!!
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| jaide
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hey...sorry if i sound a little...uppity or pushy...or interfering.... but its just my vice... i panic at the idea of :wat if there is no time????...so i kinda mayb rubbed of the wrong way....
all of us hav diff ways to study...its getting to the goal that matters....
gl...happy studying...
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| seems
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hey guys ,
its target u r catching up, INSHA ALLAH ulll do it ,actually we ll do it .
jaide thank u soooooo much ,to wake me up really .
and trust me , i swear ,u didnt sound pushy in a bad way ,or interfering , really , as a group memeber i thnik u did a very rite thing , i really need these kinda warnings .
target has started now so its the initial stage 4 her ,but for me this initial stae is going on since 2 or 3 months , i cant make more excuses . sometime we plan stuff not koing how is it going to work ,i m goig to try my level best to finsh it by then ,cz really i caant saty anylonger wzout seeing my parents. sooo plzzzzz contiue this ,plzz do tell me when ever i loose tract ,or when ever i m sloww , bcz really i wana do it fast .
i m very thankful to alll of u ,for encouraging me and the rest of the group.
i dunt know if ll be able to do it ,but if this support continues and if i have hope , i think ill do it right? ofcourse putiing more effort.
good luck all of u ,and keep on posting ,we really need eachother now.
cya soon
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| unique1
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Hi everyone , I decided to take the weekend off as my mind and body were asking desperately for a break. I am feeling soooo fresh and rejuvinated today. Seems like all of us except jaide and probably shrunt are going a bit slow. It is OK guys. There wil be many expected and unexpected ups and downs in our journey but we will keep our eyes on the goal and will not stop InshaAllah. That's what is important.Persistance and perseverance.
As far as my progress is concerned, I did chapter 9 today . I will keep my target one chapter a day for the time being as I feel that after a gap of so many years my brain is not ready to accept a lot of information. I hope things will get better after some time.
Good going jaide,target and seems.I agree that we should report what ever we do.
Where is every body else??? Please guys drop a few lines . I really miss you all. You all have become very close to me in these few days. Please do not stay away for long. Wish you all the very best of luck. Hope to hear from you soon.
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| jaide
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ok...so great news.....ch 1,2,3 of med genetics done.....(im practically jumpimg with joy...will do cartwheels after finishing completly...)
in all honesty...im getting bored of biochem...just want it to b over with...i hope u all r kicking some biochem butt.....seems...dont worry...i'll b around to kick ur butt(virtual)..if u even dare to loose sight of the end this time...
gosh...i feel like we hav become good friends all of us...even though most of us dont even know each others genders...lolzzzzz
quote for the day.....
You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
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| shrunt
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hi guys,
hey jaide great going indeed! u've inspired me to pick up my speed as well increase my studying hours abit by staying up till late. so far its working somewhat and have managed to complete till chapter 16 of biochem and all 6 chapters of medical genetics. so today i shall try to complete chapter 17 and 18 and that will take care of the biochem part at least. looking at jaide's speed i did not take my sunday off which i usually do and guess that helped me cover up some ground though left me exhausted.
what's going to be our next chapter folks? how about pathology from goljan? thats my suggestion. i'd be waiting for everyone in the group to vote for our next subject.
hope all have been cruising along in their efforts or at least are trying which is actually more important than anything else coz if we keep trying, we would succeed. it might take a bit of time and lots of determination but eventually it would definitely makeus succeed.
do keep posting your progress coz i feel thats the key to keep trying. if we dont post regularly regarding our progress then we tend to gradually lose steam and eventuially stop trying.
so hope to see everyone around soon.
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| fss
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Hi guys:
Even though I am still at a turtle pace and even loosing steam, I think the next subject should be cell biology, then general pathology by goljan,immunology and then do the rest by systems ie cardio: anatomy, embryo physio, pathology, pharmacology and so on until we cover all the systems. I think it will tie things together better.
Wow!! jaide and shrunt! great work. I wish I was in your shoes. That is really good work.
I am definitely at the bottom of the barrel in this group and feel very embarassed.
I am down but not out. I do not know how or if I will ever catch up with you guys but I do have a couple of days off and do hope to put in a lot of study time. If I do not I will be very disappointed. I really need this. I need a good week. Please pray for me.
Can you please tell me how many hours you average per week or day? I really would like to get quite a few feedback on that question.
Thanx.
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| seems
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hey every one
good to see that jaide and shrunt r doing well ,keep it up guy s,it ll inpire allof us .
thanx a lot jiade for kicking my butt , i need that really ,thats the only time i study ,like yesterday u told me that and then i did chpter 6 and now i m doing 7, thanx alot , i owe it to u guys .u know jaide even i was thinking that day ,w edunt even know each othrs genders, by the way i m a girl , and i think alll r girls in our team ,i dunt know abt u though heheheheh
hey fss ,its not only u that is at the bottom of the team ,me too i m ther e.
hey shrunt ,and jaide ,when did u guys finish medical genetics ,cz i thought we r going book wise ,but yeah thats a good idea to finsh genetics at the same time ,cz then we can relate things well.
target ,unique and every one else ,keep on posting, we can do it .
we ll try andcatchup wz u guys soon.
hey zenith where r u ???? we miss ur posts girl.
anyw ays guys as fss said plzzz pray 4 us ,
good luck and keep it up
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| shrunt
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hi guys,
"seems" medical genetics is part of kaplan biochem book only ie the last 6 lessons are med genetics.
guys am waiting for some unanimity bout our next subject. so lets decide about it. i'd vote for patho but am willing to go by the majority decision.
good luck to each and everyone in the group.
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| target
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Hi guys,
I am totally depressed - havent read a word last two days!!
Plus I know I am lagging behind especially with me doing only the notes.
I have a lot of things to read up for my work too to proceed further. So I am stuck!!
Shrunt when do you read after work? My energy level is totally zapped when I get back from work. Give me some tips guys.
According to me I would love to do pathology next but I think Cell bio would be a logical succession to tie up with biochem, mol bio and genetics. That would kinds of round it up nicely before we start the next subject.
By the way jaide & shrunt how is genetics in Kaplan - easy and understandabel?? Some suggest NMS for genetics ? Any opinions guys! Yes we need prayers to motivate us. We are good team, folks.
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| unique1
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Good to hear from some of you guys !
I am done with chapter 10 today. When I saw this chapter this morning , I thought that it was a short chapter and may be I can do chapter 11 too ,but it was only a dream, as these days it is impossible for me to put more than 3 hours into my studies so I guess I should be happy with one chapter a day .
As far as our next subject is concerned, I was thinking of immunology and microbiology .I will not be able to do Goljan pathology at this stage because as I learned from this forum , he interrelates all the subjects and it will be hard for me to follow him with my zero knowledge of other subjects
Zenith, proctalgia, dark gable,dr-ecv !!!!!! where are you guys? I hope every body is enjoying good health and is busy studying.
Good luck to all our group members. See ya tomorrow friends
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