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Hi there Fellows
Sorry to have gone for long time, have been busy at work getting few bucks under the belt. Now i am back to studying again. Hopefully I will start my long awaited revision tonight n get back to u guys soon
Happy New Year
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| Novak75
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Hi you guys, Happy New Year to everyone!!!
I have no progress to report, hopefully this will change in a couple of days, I haven't finish immuno    
Great quote!
I am in a hurry so I just wanted to stop by really quickly and say Hi.
Ciao
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Well it is good to c this thread alive again.
Welcome back indi, NNL, lilly.
Good to hear agin from Focus, Novak and mytime.
Indi: Ii is the sunrising, but there r some turtles in the water which is basically the pace I am going at. Hope to change real soon. Well u r right. Me and u r running close. I was lanning for March 27 but did not take a date as of yet and will probably go for May.
I will keep u posted re my progress. Did u sign for Q bank or something else as of yet?
Lilly: I am only up to section 2 but I can still confer with u. Will send u an email or pm.
I am in a hurry guys, I will post later.
Again good to c everyone. Let us keep it going since everybody's date is approaching very fast.
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| Lily2008
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Hi Zade, I didn't finish section V last week. I need couple more days.
Indidoc, happy for your that you have time to focus on this test. Please let us know your progress, that can push us a lot
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| indidoc1
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Hi guys.. during my study, i came across an old page on which i had scribbled some qs n queries fr the immuno discussion we never had.
Well, i ws able to ans most of those now.. but 2 of those queries r still left..
1-What is the function of CD45? i mean its there on all hematopoietic cells but what does it do?
2- How does leishmania evade the immune system inside macrophages?... For example - mycobacteria doesn't allow phagosome lysosome fusion.. but what abt leishmania?
And as a special treat.. i had made up this immuno Q fr all of u.. Not too hard, not too easy.. Try it!
In the investigation of a case of criminal negligence in an underdeveloped country, it is found that a kidney transplantation was performed on a patient without following the proper tissue typing protocol. The transplanted kidney was rejected and the patient died 8 hours and 40 minutes after surgery.
The forensic surgeon, in his post mortem report has reported...
"The graft, at the time of post mortem, was white in color and seemed to be totally bloodless....but the transplant surgeon had done his job skilfully."
The patient had no previous history of any surgery or transfusions.
Called in as an expert in this case, ur prudent opinion would be that the probable cause of the eventuality was :-
A) The surgeon had not established the blood supply of the graft properly
B) The graft was not HLA matched and hence, the patient's T cells rejected it.
C) Patient had antibodies against glycoproteins of normal gut flora which acted against donor cells.
D) Patient was in a debilitated condition and was hence unable to bear the stress of surgery.
E) Patient must have been exposed earlier to a graft from the kidney donor.
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okay.. now abt my progress.. Doing anat at present.. Did histo (KLN) and doing embryo (KLN+HY). should be able to start either gross anat or beh sc today. Tried HY histo but i think i ll do it wth my 2nd read.. its just tooo much fr me now
zade wrote:
Indi: Ii is the sunrising, but there r some turtles in the water which is basically the pace I am going at. Hope to change real soon.
No! No need to change zade, as i cn see the turtles r in water... Turtles r slow on land but they really travel briskly in water.. thats the kinda pace we all should aim for 
Thanks to everyone fr welcoming me.. n appreciating the quote.. Hope u r all doing some smashing work at the studies front..
Keep in touch!
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hmmm... no one reporting here
anyhow.. i have bad news.. but i guess some news is better than none...
i haven't managed to do much today.. got a bad dysentry know i shouldn't have eaten all that mouth watering stuff at my farewell!!
Hope my gut improves soon.. will report with some cheerful news tomorrow.
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Indidoc i hope u are feeling better today. Posted an answer for u on the other thread so plz check it out.
In a hurry......rest of the friends...Happy studying!!
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Oh, INDI what wud we have done without the news of ur guts overworking??? Drink a lot of fluids.Lassi and all! Eat kichri! and take a hot water bottle to ur tummy,bacchay! Then wake up read up all about Git anat......maybe add in a few bugs too, for fun!!!!!!!!!
Hope u feel better by tomorrow!
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| Novak75
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Indi, hope you get better soon!!! Will post more later....
Hi to everyone!, I miss you all.
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Hi guys:
Was away for a few days and did not touch a book butr disappointed to see that this thread has been very inactive. Hope that everyone is busy studying. But remember that this thread is to support and encourage one another. Posting on a regular basis will accomplish the task.
Today is a day off for me and I am going to continue with Phyio. While away I tried to listen to Goljan who is very interesting but full of information.
Lilly: where r u in physio?
Indidoc: Immuno has been a while ago but I will try to attempt ur Q. The first two I amanot sure about but I beleibe that the last one is B. BTW waht r u up to these days?
Focus: R U still scheduled for Jan 30?
NNL: please post.
Novak: What r u up to ?
Miss u guys a lot. I am trying to find out if everyone is busy, slacking off or no longer intrerested in posting.
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hi zade. well, this thread ws sooooo inactive i started posting my progress in the other group..as focus has been doing.... have been posting regularly..
doing anat.. gross done upto abdomen.
i even explained my question in the other thread.. will copy it here in a while.. the answer is C, by the way.
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focusmle wrote:
Indidoc.......wow nice questions, let me try answering them
The CD45 you mentioned is a protein tyrosine phostphatase that functions to regulate Src kinases required for T and B cell receptor signal transduction ........this is all i know .
Moreover Erythrocytes & platelets are an exception & they dont carry CD45.
Leishmania is also similar & doesnt allow Phagosome lysosome fusion. Affects its hydrolytic enzymes & all .
indidoc1 wrote:
ok.. And the award fr being the best reader paying due attention to lil details goes to..... focus!! Yeah.. she's the only one who got it right. Its not B guys...i made up B as my preferred distractor n most ppl fell fr it. lemme explain..
key words here r... transplant was done well.. So A's out
no prior surgery... so E's out.
D? oh come on.. we don't get such answers in MLE, do we?
So, it remains between B&C. i bet everyone got till this point n then.... chose B.
but there's ONE more key word which i think no one noticed.. i put in the 8 hours 40 minutes guys... That makes it a hyperacute reaction.. (another hint towards tht is "white graft rejection") But 1st time T cell rejection takes a few days to 1 week to occur.. So, u get C by elimination.
The funda here is.. u cn get such a quick reaction only if pre-existing antibodies were present.. n fr more gyaan.. the main point i wanted to put across is.. we r never exposed to mismatched blood bld gps.. yet we have antibodies against them.. WHY?? coz some glycoproteins on our gut flora cross react with those antigens.. in fact, we'd have antibodies against all bld groups had it not been fr thymic education preventing our cells frm recognising self antigens.
PHEW!! long explanation... drained me out typing all that hope i could put my point across.
Thanks to focus fr answering all 3 queries.
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Dear Friends,
I just came across this post by askdoc & wanted to share this, Check this out:
http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/34492
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| new_n_lost
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Hi there ppl
Whts going on here ? r we posting here or in the other group's page Sorry havent bein posting regularly cos honestly had nothing to post was actually avoiding the net so i could really conc. getting back on track which is pretty hard as i havent touched a book or note for that matter fort he past month or so so the attention span is really off base. But today i had accomplished upto 60 pgs in 5 hrs at stretch limit was feeling a bit confident.
So can u guys tell me whether we continue this further in this thread or in the other one.
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Hi guys:
Indi: thanx 4 the clarification.
Focus: Read that thread b4. It is very good.
NNL: Do not know the answer to ur Q but would like to find out the answer also.My attention span is where u left off. Will try to self motivate.
Novak, Lilly: Where u guys? Miss U.
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Guys it doesn't matter where u post or read off, the point is u do and do it regularly! I guess the no. is more there and it's more active support wise that's why u find everyone putting in words there when the see no movement here.....maybe it's better u all start typing there to where ppl. will question ur diappearance and not let u be till u do something productive....we are the same ppl. with a few additions...so no worries about welcomes! Just get back into the studying scene.
Good luck.
ZADe check ur pm.
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| Novak75
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Hi everyone!
Zade how is physio going?
New n lost, sorry to read you didn't study for a month, but happy that you are back in track!
Focus thanks for the askdoc thread, very interesting stuff.
You know what you guys?!, I have to confess, I haven't been posting because I don't want the be the one who is always complaining and posting sad, bring me down posts, and I didn't want to post until I had something productive to wright but that is not happening.
I promise not to post any negative comments anymore about my situation, but let me just vent, and tell you a little bit about what I am going through right now....
As some of you might know, I graduated in 2001, ever since that time I've been saying and wanting to prepare for this exam, but it just doesn't happen. I feel this is my last year to try to study, I always start a year very optimistic that I am going to start studying, I start and I quite after 5 days of studying and then after a while a year has passed by and I haven't study, so I 've been thinking that:...
Either I don't want to do the exam?,
I am afraid of residency?,
I am afraid of not being able to stand the stress of residency and the physicial strain because of my bad back?,
I am afraid of living my parents house?,
afraid of not being there for them if they get sick?,
afraid of feelling insecure in another country?,
Afraid of what, of what????, nothing makes sence, I am not this way,
I think that if you really want something you do everything and anything in your possibilities to do it and get it done!!
So I am tired of wanting to study and not doing it, I am tired of putting off, postponing my life, and my career and my happiness, so I've decide to go to talk to a psychologyst, I am not happy about it but I have to do something.
I've read somewhere that people who are not able to motivate themselves must be content with their mediocrity, I don't want to be such a person, I have never been that person, I have always excelled, was top of my class, won regional and national knowledge contests, etc etc, so I have to do something drastic to change my actitude and change what I've been doing.
Also, Albert Einstein said that it is insanity to do the same things over and over again and expecting a different result, so I've been down this road over and over again, starting study schedules, starting to study and always failling, my family talked to me yesterday and they are also very frustrated to see me waisting my time like this, they also suggested that I should stop working and study to try to do the exam in Feb (my last date to do the exam, where my extended eligibility ends)
I know that many people study, work, do house dutys and still are able to study, but I guess I until know haven't been able.
I am beginning to think that maybe not working will be a change at list, and will obligate me to study full time (I would only keep my teaching job), but I am not sure if I do this If I am going to have money for the exams and the interviews etc, etc, BUT if I don't do something DRASTIC and QUICKLY I won't be able to match in 2008.
Last year I was in the same position asking questions in this forum wheter or not I was going to be able to make the 2007 match, and here I am now running out of time to prepare for the 2008 match, it is simply pathetic.
If I was reading this I would politely say to myself, STOP WAYNNING, AND CRYING AND JUST DO IT!!, and I do tell myself that but it is not working, that is why I am going to see the psychologyst to see if there is something that is holding me back or to try to understand me and try to continue in pursuing my dreams.
My family is so confident that if I study for the next 5 1/2 weeks that I will be able to ace the exam, I try to make them understand that how am I going to ace the exam where in 5 weeks when I haven't finish a first read of ANY subject, I am short 2 chapters of immuno, I have never read a complete subject, only one or two of anatomy and biochem, and HOW CAN I EVEN PASS THE EXAM THAT EVERYONE TELLS ME YOU NEED TO STUDY 8 HOURS A DAY FOR AT LIST 3 OR 4 MONTHS, HOW CAN I ACE IT IN 5 WEEKS, I know it is impossible, and they want me to do the exam and if I fail well just repay it and do it again.
But I graduated in 2001, so I am over the 5 year period, and I will need to ask for a J1 or H visa since I am not a US citizen, I leave in another country, and many programs ask you to pass step 1 in your first attempt, SO I THINK THAT IT IS BETTER TO CANCEL IT, REPAY IT, AND TAKE IT IN APRIL, but my family is worried that APRIL will come and I will be in the same position saying "OH!, I have 5 weeks to april and I haven't study!!, you see, repeating my bad conduct.
And of course the money part is a bad situation, since I don't earn enough money, and I don't have savings to stop working, my family says they would help with the home costs, but then, where will I have the money for the exams!!
AHHH!!, it is tiring and frustrating to be in this situation.
I know I need a good spank in the but, but I don't want to bring anyone down, I don't want you guys to think:"oh, is another boring, pathetic post from novak", I would really like to be more active and encouraging, but I am wasting away, I've even gained 44 pounds in the past 3 or 4 years, so my BMI is 7 decimal points away from obesity!!, and I use to be very very thin!!
Well, this is too long, I will post a more happy and productive post next time, I hope!!
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hello evryone ist of all im really sorry for being late in updating my progress so far...i was away for a while but i cud finish amantomy only but biochemistry is still at gluconeogenesis left it coz anatomy's pressure was much highr thn its coz biochem is ok v me dont have much problem esp with metabolism but mol bio sucks...anyways congratulations indidoc on completing ur intern now u r in full sppeed ha???good buddy lilly warm welcome again...and zade,coolsuc,nnl,novak mytime thanks for keeping this thread alive but its ok if some of u started writing in sister thread coz we all r here to support eachother nomatter who does but really sorry for those who felt neglected by this thread for ur prep but thanks mytime u were n are gr8 moral support for us all...ur family is very lucky to have u...hats off to u buddy!
dont know who is doing wat so will take few min t read to catch ya all. but for my side completed 2nd read---anatomy,embro,histo except neuro and done mole bio 2nd read...and rt now doing 2nd read biochem--at gluconeogenesis....Asmnt -->weak in anatomy in some topics so have jotted down them will work over them later on.....
novak--buddy u r ture u r victim of procrastinating so do i im 2003 graduate and its already 7months since i started mle prep...indidoc wel quoted that we r waiting for oppurtunity which is already knocking at our doors and we r to walk juz walk and move on waiting wont help......so dont worry move on...
focus--well gud post by askdoc--acc to his theory im having problem with testtaking---no probs with 1st two... how about u guyzzz..plzz share...we can work over it i found taht verry usefulll....!
happy studying pals...!
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Finally finished section V. But even I finished reading the LN, I still can't get most the review Q correct, and also the speed, it's so frustrated. Anyway, keepgoing.....
Indidoc, you are so lucky that you can do this 24X7. Do your best, you'll get 99.
Zade, where are you now?
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hi there ppl
Mytime.......... Lol no no its not abt that where to post n where not. It just abt asking our grp where we all r standing. It just felt like we gave up on urselfs esp. ME. TO me it felt like i was tired of studying as i has started after a month or so of absolute gap it was really hard to commit again. it took real tough love to brain cells just to commit to this. I came for inspiration and i find most of my fellas r going thru same thing so i was simply asking R WE GIVING UP on OURSELFS ??
Novak ........ Honestly Girl its like u have read my own thoughts n have a similar situation but i didnt have the courage to acknowledge it or say it. the only reason i got off track was that an old buddy of mine calls me up n we start talking n he says maybe u arent meant to be a doc n i think the way with things r happening maybe he's right, got confused found a job in the community n made some bucks. I met with ppl on this job who thought i wasnt strong enuf to face things n i m chickening out n it didnt really bother me. This is definitely not me i never give up on things that easily i was never a quitter but now it felt ok . My Mother who understood my Plight had me call an Old Professor of mine n told him things he didnt advise me on anything he just listened to me and said "its ok if i m quitting but think that i have then wasted past 11 yrs on something still unfinished. So if i could remmeber one instance where i felt unhappy while being a doc then i should really reocnsider another direction. But right now as of this instance whether I get in residency or not i should atleast give it a try so i wont regret it later n beat myself over it."
So I think he is right its not abt whether we get into residency or not its to get the task completed. And besides God ONLY helps those who help themselves. So i m back trying to get back on my track as soon as possible. In ur case i would say its really hard to be sure unless u havent given a full first read then decide if u r ready for Feb or April.
U r not being boring or pathetic or negative And yes ppl have faced much bigger problems with smiles but they werent in ur shoes n u arent their's which makes the equation different. And if r going to pay some dude 150$ hour to tell u something which u have figured out already then i think instead of that save up on that n take a leave of absence from both if u can n compensate the amount over in that category !!!!
Lily..... Its good to see u hanging in there
Zade, Focus, Indi Keepgoing.......... wht abt u guys where u at ??
Keep Posting Adios
Edited by new_n_lost on 01/18/07 - 06:27 AM
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Listen guys...I was trying to put anyone down with what I said just stated facts which no one was acknowledging! The reason why I'm writing here is that I hate what u are doing to urselves as I could very easily do the same! And sometimes do! We all have problems and we all know that...it's not about being better than the other....it's just about trusting urself! What good does it do if we keep praying but hvae no faith in oneself, God never wanted us to be that way......been there, done that. My sincere advice is TRUST URSELF and Don't let anyone be the judge of whether u are a failure or not! PLZ do not let other ppl. tell u that u wasted ur life and time away. Each and everyone of us gets what we get when we deserve it, i.e. when we worked hard enough for it! Do not think that i'm any different from all of u, probably worse 'coz I have to pull u all together to be able to make something of myself!
NOVAK u are certainly not ready to take the exam in5 weeks with so much left to do...think logically, u'll be foolish to do so...like i have been once before. Darling, I have more or less the same problems as u but here's something I have learnt, to listen to others even family when u know urself and ur study situation so much better is like asking for trouble.Like most of u u are afraid of change! But if u give up now u'll never be able to look urself in the eye and stand straight.What u need is a better plan and better environment and no one can do that but urself, once u are ready for the test..ie scoring high in ur practice test u'll find a way to get the money together. If u can post-pone ur eligibility period, if u cannot post-pone it a month and see how things go with u. Also, so much depends on how much u remember from school! Please, do urself and me a favour spend sometime making notes out of that post of askdoc that FOCUS brought to light. That guy I think is some 18 yr. old graduate and has done a course in learning and explains things painstakingly....and then make a completely new plan based on it, if u can't tell me I'll help but u'll have to stop listening to others accept the reality of ur situations and move on consistently. Sorry if this entire mail sounds like a lecture but I really want to help. U can get so much material on the site for free, use them but systematically.
NNL i was so disappointed and sorry when I realized u didn't take the test for that one fone conversation with u had really affected my planning and had so been looking fwd to ur success! but hey, life happens! That's why we have this forum here to support us, via each other! i sometime feel that u are not so very comfortable with my remarks but plz. let it pass i always feel the desire to have someone to guide me and pull me through and hence that's what I'm trying to give others......I'm no master of anything but have great empathy towards fellow Human beings, have always been like that. So i would love to tell u not to let ANYONE be it ur family, prof. or the greatest love of ur life convince u that u are making a mistake in other words u are a failure!!!!! U are not, just don't have a great support system and plan. Also probably have others imp. stuff in life to do..like work! Please regroup ur plan and we are the support u need, be true to urself. U'll do great! Good luck!
KEEPGOING this mail has gone to long so all I'll say to u for now is Thank you buddy.....for getting what my intentions have been! Good luck, u are doing good!
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Hello everyone.
Well, in case anyone ws wondering on my progress since my last post, its been ZILCH!!
My excuse... i ws busy busy busy... feel like my bones hv been turned to lead.. i thought doing internship ws tough but getting the completion certificate is turning out to be a nightmare.. All the red tape is getting to me.. on last count, i had taken 45 signatures on my documents b4 submitting them
Glad thats over..application's done. now i have till next week b4 its back to the red tape again fr registration.
So, i have probably till tuesday to study at a stretch.. hope i ll be a good boy n finish anat by then..
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welcome back nnl. do stick around buddy.
new n lost wrote:
Whts going on here ? r we posting here or in the other group's page
i think mytime already answered that well.. can't put it better..
mytime wrote:
Guys it doesn't matter where u post or read off, the point is u do and do it regularly!
Novak... i wanna tell u exactly what u wrote... stop worrying about it n start working towards it... whatever will be....will be. read what nnl and mytime wrote... its so inspiring. 1 thing i cn tell u is just make a habit of studying everyday... even if its only 5 pages
novak wrote:
Well, this is too long, I will post a more happy and productive post next time, I hope!!
i hope so too
Keepgoing... already at ur 2nd read... now i m jealous... grrrrr
thanx fr the encouragement lily... i see u r marching ahead smartly as ever.
mytime wrote:
Listen guys...I was trying to put anyone down with what I said just stated facts which no one was acknowledging! The reason why I'm writing here is that I hate what u are doing to urselves as I could very easily do the same! And sometimes do! We all have problems and we all know that...it's not about being better than the other....it's just about trusting urself! What good does it do if we keep praying but hvae no faith in oneself, God never wanted us to be that way......been there, done that. My sincere advice is TRUST URSELF and Don't let anyone be the judge of whether u are a failure or not! PLZ do not let other ppl. tell u that u wasted ur life and time away. Each and everyone of us gets what we get when we deserve it, i.e. when we worked hard enough for it! Do not think that i'm any different from all of u, probably worse 'coz I have to pull u all together to be able to make something of myself!
god bless u fr all u have written above dear.. thank you soooo much fr those touching words.
ok guys.. gonna get to limb anat now... so bye..
Take care u all, n study hard
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