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  #1

my diary will be cotraveller on this journey i have embarked on.hope we get to our destination with our sanity intact !!...we will ..with gods blessings and our sense of humour!! this is a new thing putting myself out there..but i think i need it ..so i can move on.

so here goes:still have half of epidemio to go today.lets see if i can do it.smiling face


  #2

done with it nod

now for one block before i call it a day.


  #3

going very slow today...its the same with paeds everytime...find the kaplan book very monotonous

i had planned i would do one class of drugs everyday,NOT MANAGING WELL with that.

when will i have weekends when i will unwind,meet friends,family...

but then fischer says "would u rather be anyplace else ?" hmmm...well NO!!nod

cant wait to get there!!!!


  #4

did NBME form 1-530

did badly on surgery and psychiatry..but some sections like neuro and endo which i am jittery about were fine!just means if i work harder in my weak areas will improve.

still cant decide the date though..BIG PROBLEM

need to do more q now..will start with kaplan q bank today

bless me god please


  #5

did 2 blocks from q bank

now for FA 30 pages and then drugs..lets see if i can do it


  #6

done 2 blocks from q bank

consistently scoring low in surgery..cant quite grasp what to do other than read and reread the book.any suggestions?shaking head

good thing is i am sticking to my goals for the day.. so far so good!!




  #7

aimfor2007

Your NBME result is very good. As for surgery, have you tryied to watch the video of the trauma section? He pretty much read the book but he makes it interesting. I retain more when 'reading it' with him than alone.

Good luck!




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  #8

hi Mitty,thanks for the suggestion.i will try listening to him...anything to make me retain the important stuff and trauma is high yield.thanks for taking the time out to read my ramblings and for ur suggestion too.good luck!

done for the day...today i felt good about whati did

tomorrow is another day!God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change,courage to change those things i can,and wisdom to know the difference.i love that prayer.

happy studying to u all!! grin


  #9

done with q ..now for 45 pages of FA

april end is looming right up ahead...gotta decide the date!!

time seems to fly this month..

happy studying to u all!!nod


  #10

yesterday was a good day..felt confident as i went thru stuff

today 100 q and then time for a breakie..going to watch little miss sunshine!!

ciao,happy studying guys!

i do go manic on sundays....ha hagrin


  #11

did not feel like opening my books yesterday...did 200 q with explanations...my head is spinning just to think of the big day

ciao people!all the best studying.smiling face


  #12

"With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown." Chinese Proverb

sticking out tongue


  #13

did psychiatry..my affect gets seriously affected after i do this subject..feel very drained and low..invariably.find myself identifying all kinds of diseases in family and friends..how in the world do psychiatrists manage!!hats off to them.

one block of q to go then family time..nod








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