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hi! dr. mum
how are you? thanks for your wonderful advice, may be I was a bit worked up, since I have only a few weeks left, but as you said family will always remain first and rest takes second place. dont worry about the office lady, may be you can just ignore her and she may leave you alone.
study well and take care
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| mytime
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Dr.mum...i first heard of ur thread by UNIQUE1 in our thread and now do follow ur thread from time to time.i'm a dr.mum too just not using that name. It's good to see u are working so hard it kind of acts like a support mechanism...am glad u are around somewhere fighting the same battles.Good Luck.
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| dr.mum
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Asha, I am OK now. I brought a big headphone to my workplace. And I did ignore her several times, but she still came to tap my shoulder to talk with me. Maybe I showed some unhappy facial express, she even said " I am sorry to interrupt you.....", but she still kept in interrupting me.  Well, anyway, better than before.
Mytime, thank you for your post. I believe you guys are doing great too. Yes, we are going to win this battle. 
I'm done with my Histology. Now, I'm going to do the biochemistry. It's my killer. I have been hating it since I was student. But, the good thing is my husband is good at this, so maybe I can ask some help from him. He was a top student before. He is really smart and sweet.  He is not very handsome by normal judgement. But he is a real man. ( I don't trust good-looking men. ) After 20-30 years, even the best looking man will turn to be a wrinkled old man. Whenever I talk about my dear hubby, I just can not stop talking.
Back to biochemistry, I am going to finish it by the end of Oct.. But it's a real big one. Right now I have Lippincott. Total 508 pages. From tomorrow on, I have 28 days, if I don't count those weekends and holiday in, there are only 19 days. Oh my.... Around 25 pages per day. Wow, that's too many for me. But, just have a try. I will know it tomorrow.
So, tomorrow, 25 pages.
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| alfonsa
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You are great. It will encouraging me much.
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| mytime
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Hey Dr.mum..
at last i see someone else doing biochem...how about checking on one another and teaming up sometimes..coz i'm doing it too now but i don't hate it as much..what are u sarting with.I have lIppincott too beside s kaplan.Send me a pm..ok.it'll be graet to have u for company and accountability.Good luck..
ur hubby sounds like mine except that he is a comp. guy.Take care.
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Hello ,
I'm new here , just started a biochemistry and it is to me like reading a foreign language ! I like your posts , you are and inspiration to me , I was never able to concentrate outside of my '' comfort zone'' , my home . Or maybe I just did not reach a right level of stress, when you are able to study even in public restrooms ....
Good idea with headsets !!!
Love your little talk about hubby. It is nice to acknowledge what you have.
Keep going !!!!
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| asha kamat
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hi! dr. mum,
good to know you are studying well. I could not read as I wanted to coz my little daughter was ill for sometime, she is good now. it is 3 weeks for my exams and sometimes I really get worked up! the preparation never seems to be satisfying are you reading from kaplan notes or you have a different study plan? study well
take care
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| drbin
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hi dr mum its only 2day that i went thru ur journal, and let me tell u something, u r a really brave woman ur baby and hubby is really lucky to have u in their life. im also a mum of a 2 and 1/2 yr old and i had been thinking of taking USMLE for past 3 yrs but never started until this march bs i was making excuses all the time, was thinking it is impossible to study work and be a good mom all together. so i quit my part time job and decided to stick to my studying and babysitting.even then sometimes i really felt like quitting but u lady....u really are a great role model. u already proved that u have the strong will to succeed in whatever u do...just go on God will surely bless u in everything u do
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| dr.mum
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Alfonsa and Drbin, thank you for your posts. Everyone here has their own sparkling sports. I got encouragment from other people and then decided to try MLE, God bless them good scores. And when I am depressed, I just read ohter people's threads and think in this way, if they can do it, then I can do it. Maybe I am not so smart as them, but if they use 6 months to ace step1, I can use 1 year or 2 years to do it, maybe not over 90, but should be good enough to pass it. But sometimes I feel like, I can't do it, I just can not do it, I am not them, we are different. But after I read my own thread, especially when I thought what I achieved before, I got my confidence back. So my friends, write down your own successful stories and whenever you feel depressed, read your story, you will feel much better. Try it.
Asha, I'm so glad your daughter got better. Don't worry, just trust yourself. Basically, I use Kaplan note + one other book for each subject, except Pathology, I will use BRS + Goljan. I guess this is a popular combination. But I am so slow, hard to find time to study, I actualy only read kaplan note. But I haven't gotten the copy of biochemistry, so I'm using Lippincott.
Mytime and good girl, I am so glad that I can have several friends to study the same subject together. But I will warn you first, I am super slow. I just did 8 pages tonight. It's hard to tell the truth. I feel ashamed already.  But I did lots of translation. I started from the first page, and found there were lots of names, structures and abbreviations to remember. I am trying to find a better way to deal with my killer. When I get a better plan, I will let you know. How about your plans, girls?
It's almost time to go home. I came to wark late tonight, so I have to leave late.
Well, I will try tomorrow to see how far I can go.
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Hello ,
I felt sad this morning , realizing how much time I need to prepare for this exam. It was like I have to be a slave of the time, no matter how serious I 'm about my studies. But after reading your last post , I don't feel down anymore. You know, you are right, rather I will do it for 1 year , than stressing myself and my family. And we all do have a life story ( my dear husband is deployed in Iraq ) and I'm only one here for my son. He is my priority, I don't want him to feel like ''I don't have a daddy and my mommy is covered with books''.....
Back to biochemistry - I'm doing Kaplan notes with dvd (time consuming) , but it works for me. I got Lippincott also , but I got dizzy from going back and forward from it to Kaplan. Sometimes I look in , it is a good textbook.
Wish you a good studying.
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No time to report, will do it tomorrow.
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| asha kamat
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hi! dr. mum and good girl
how are you guys doing? keep reading dr. mum and good girl you are doing a great job of taking care of your son while your hubby is working far away,definately you dont want him to feel neglected so take some extra time and without stressing yourself much you can start preparing, you can do it!
dr. mum how are you studying? keep reading well
best wishes to both brave girls
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Asha, I found I was too slow. i did 8 pages again. I guess I should try another way to study biochemistry. The Lippincott is too detailed, just like a text book. Maybe I will try Kaplan instead. How's your study? Yes, 3 weeks to go. Don't scare yourself. You know you read enough, just sometimes getting too nervous to recall them. I guess you have read other's experience already. It will help you a lot. I wrote down Oct. 26 on my calendar already, and I will prey for you. God bless you.
Mytime and Goodgirl, I was too slow. I think the Lippincott is too detailed and not suitable for fast reading. I will go Kaplan instead. I don't have DVD, just the note.
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Did 12 pages tonight. Better than before. But this book is good, easy to read. If I can read faster, maybe I will use it. Just see how Kaplan works.
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| asha kamat
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hi! dr. mum
thanks dr. mum, you are absolutely right, trying to recall scares you. I think you should read kaplan notes for biochem and then you can go for other book.
study well
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I will take your advice, Asha. I'm going to try Kaplan tonight. I didn't touch the book during this long weekend. But, I did shopping on Sat., visited our friends on Sun., Brought my son to the beach on Mon.. He was really happy, except he skinned his elbow so badly twince. The blood dropped off along his arm. He got stained everywhere, but he didn't cry.
I will do Kaplan biochemistry tonight.
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| asha kamat
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hi! dr. mum
I am so sorry to hear your son got hurt, dont worry he will be fine soon. my daughter had bumped her head against the cupboard edge once with bleeding and swelling and all that, and it had scared me so much, but within no time she was alright.
good to know you have started off with biochem, study well
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No time to report, will do it tomorrow.
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Just finish my work. And it's 9 o'clock already.
Yesterday, I did Protein and Hormones. Today I am going to do chapter 1: nucleic acid structure and organization. Planned to finish chapter 1 and 2, but right now, I don't think I have enough time to do so. Hopefully, I can finish chapter 1.
I still like Lippincott more. In Kaplan notes, there are just several pages for protein, but in Lippincott, there are tons of things, like hemoglobin diseases. Well, I will read Lippincott in the future for sure. Maybe I can do them both at the same time. Just try and see.
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Finished chapter 1.
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