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Hi Fluro, are you doing 50 questions a day? with reading medessentials/FA? Hope you get back to your plans and move ahead. cya.
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| 5fluorouracil
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thanks for visiting, sos, ad.... well, i'm having trouble concentrating today.... don't know what's wrong.... anxiety? got used to b/s ing around all day? probably a little of both.... what to do, what to do??? i even make myself "look" busy.... i sit at computer all day with books in front of me but then i look at the time and realize hours have passed by and i haven't gotten much done.... i tell myself, well, if i feel stuck, let me just check my email for a second, then i check my emails, then go to forum and you all know how that goes.... i start reading exam exp, support, journals and time flies.... good advice in all, but there's a time for everything and this is not the time to dilly dally..... ok guys, sorry, just venting for a little bit.... thanks, will get back to work now and will post my progress at end of day so as not to get distracted again... ok then...
oh by the way.... i "should" be doing more than 50 questions per day.... 50 is minimum.... a friend of mine once said, just as you use the bathroom everyday, you should do 50 questions everyday!  
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| hottie99
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i hear u 5fu, im in same boat, must be something in the air
back to studying and off the forum for a bit.... lets study hard for a few hrs and then re-motivate at the end of the day!! GO!! hehee.. 
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| 5fluorouracil
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well, need to finish medessentials this week..... need to step up the pace.... have 3 topics left..... and haven't finished GI yet.... so its really 3.5 topics, so, plan on finishing GI today, and do questions at end of day to see if i'm ready to move on to next topic..... i really need to do something about weekends.... i always say i will study, but never do.... can't make any more excuses...that's extra time that i could be using to study
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| genbot
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Hope the studying's going along well.
Good luck!
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| 5fluorouracil
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hey genbot, thanks for visiting!
today, so far has been a good day (finally!!!).... just took a small break to write in journal then back to studying..... finished gi last night, did questions, then reviewed them this morning..... i've already read heme/onc from medessentials and am reading same in fa.... only about 5 pages left, so almost done.... its still early, so i have enough time to do questions on that subject..... praise the lord! i'm getting there! slowly but surely....
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| hottie99
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hey u, i have question for u, how do u start in morning, do u just start with questions? i dont know why im having such problems, but once i start it's late afternoon so then i just waste so much time, it isn't like this is my first exam u know, but like i'm procrastinating like crazy it's so out of hand!!
i have med essentials to me, and it's soooo much stuff.. if u get a chance, i'd luv to hear how u start the day.. focus hottie, FOCUS!!! (talking to myself ppl sory)
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5fluorouracil wrote:
today, so far has been a good day (finally!!!).... praise the lord! i'm getting there! slowly but surely....
Great, Fluro! you are on the track! happy studying,
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| 5fluorouracil
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hey, hottie, ad.... thanks for visiting..... anyhow, yeah i sometimes have the problem of procrastinating in the morning (in afternoon and night for that matter:no but, my sample day would be.... alarm clock set at 7:30, but don't get up until 8am, brush teeth, kitchen, coffee, sometimes i load dishwasher in am if there's a big mess in kitchen... then check email, check forum and hopefully start studying before 9:30 (except today) anyhow, of the questions i did the night before, i review those in the morning, if i haven't got any to review, i'll start with questions.... starting with reading will make me sleepy, after questions, then i'll do reading.... my problem, if anyone out there can help..... it will take me forever to review 50 questions i've done, (ok not forever, but definitely >2hrs) how can i do this quicker, while actually understanding? but, yes, hottie, medessentials is a lot of material and sometimes it takes long to read if you try and get everything.... for example heme chapter is really short in medessentials, so i finished that quickly yesterday, then i read from FA..... did 50 questions, and it was as if i hadn't read anything b/c did really bad on questions, so now have to go back and review that.... maybe listen to goljan audio for heme, there's a lot of material there, too.... anyhow, for those reading this.... sorry i'm allover the place, jumping from thought to thought happy studying to all
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| hottie99
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it happens to the best of us 5fu, dont worry about it!!! hehee..
ok so i kind of skimmed thru the first chapter last nite of behavioral sciences in medessentials.. wow, so much stuff!! ugghh!! i havnt ever properly gone thru the book, but i've used it as a reference to several things before, i guess just sitting down and reading it is rough..
so made a schedule and trying to adhere to it, got home from gym, will shower, do questions and then more subject for today reading (hmm, somehow i have to fit in goljan too) ok, im off, lates ppl!! study hard!! we're almost there..
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| 5fluorouracil
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good luck hottie, know your test is coming up soon..... keep it up!!!
today i reviewed heme..... its not a good topic for me, i keep getting confused with the little details, but finally managed to get decent score in qbank on this section so planning on moving on to next topic tomorrow.... only 2 more to go and one of them is a biggie.... neuro... my other least favorite subject..... anyhow, if things go as planned, will be ready to take nbme by monday or tuesday of next week.... preferably monday, in an ideal world..... i guess depending on that is that i will officially select my test day.... yep, people keep asking me, when are you retaking? i say i don't know.... i'm thinking this time around i won't tell anyone and just anounce it 3 wks later when i get my fabulous score..... (non medical people have just no clue about this..... one person told me, you studied how long for this test and failed?? (yeah, that was real nice! )) ... so, going to bed now, will start early in the morning with new topic.....
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| hottie99
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yes if u can do heme from goljan, it's all the heme ull need for steps 1 and 2 and probably 3, he's that good!! goodnites and we study again tomrrow!! yes my exam is on 28th now (i didnt want to move, but i have no choice but april since permit runs out, hehee) and wasted those prev days, now maximizing my time, so no more playing around!!
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| 5fluorouracil
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well, started heme from goljan, and yes its good.... need to listen slowly and really pay attention so as not to miss anything.... also started neuro from medessentials, yesterday.... not bad, studied for about an hour this morning, but have to go run some errands now, so will get back to studies later today..... still planning on finishing everything this weekend..... whoah..... 3 heme goljan lectures, half of neuro chapter, and ms/ct chapter then questions from each..... really can't afford the time to go run errands today, but have to, so will get back later and see how far i can get..... happy studying!
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| 5fluorouracil
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having trouble concentrating.... didn't finish my reading yesterday, but got very close to finishing and only couple of pages left for this morning.... but can't seem to finish.... lots of material on one page so have to read slowly.... but, ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok only about 4 pages left..... then questions...... god, i need help and i need it right now!
have about a month left on qbank and still have >1000 questions to do, b/c did these very slowly..... plan on doing these mixed, timed..... then have to leave enough time to go over and redo the wrong ones and the ones i've marked...... ok enough venting..... back to studies....
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| 5fluorouracil
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ok then..... i finished neuro chapter and 50 questions of neuro.... and about half way through the ms/ct chapter..... need to finish that today.... i'm a little behind but i'm doing better than i thought..... hopefully will have time to do 50 questions of ms chapter before tomorrow.... have a list of things to do today that have to be done today, so again have to put studies on back burner.....
anyhow, decided to wait until next week to do nbme and will spend all week reviewing questions and FA..... after my INTENSE question review, will do nbme to see where i'm at with the numbers and then see how it goes from there..... well, happy studying to all, hang in there!
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| antidepressant
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hi fluro, hope you are doing great, how are you doing in qbanks? you are working hard, its inspiring to read your journey. Happy studying.
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| 5fluorouracil
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eeekkks!!!!! so, i'm back and doing ok, i guess..... have only 2.5 weeks left on qbank and still so many questions to do..... no nbme yet..... maybe this weekend?? then need to do 2nd reading of medessentials to try and put some stuff together.... also have a couple of goljan lectures i haven't finished..... have lots to do.... and i feel i'm running out of time....
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| 5fluorouracil
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i'm so confused..... really need to focus on the task at hand..... ie: taking step one for second time and passsing with really high score!!! then i can move on to next, that being: step 2, cs, ck then choosing a specialty..... have my heart set on surgery, but don't know if i really have a chance after second attempt on step 1.... guess this depends on my scores of tests i haven't taken yet.... so it frustrates me to think my whole life is riding on this one test that i can't seem to pass..... and that time is running out for me to go for 2009 match.... this was my original plan but now seems to be getting further and further away.... its still doable in my mind if i stop b/s ing around and feeling sorry for myself.... and just study my *ss off..... yikes.... sorry guys, i'm not seeking pity, guess i'm just venting, b/c no one else understands my frustrations..... its a long journey, and sometimes along the way, guess its normal to get discouraged.... so i will take my lunch break now and then study, study, study...... ok then, let me write my plan so as not to forget, guess i'm pretty much playing catch up today.... have about 16-20 pages left of medessentials to read..... couple of goljan audios to listen to (about 4 or 5... need to check exact number) then i'm ready for questions, questions and more questions..... ok then, thanks for listening whoever's out there!
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| 5fluorouracil
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besides yesterday being a little erratic.... i got quite a bit done..... finished my chapter, listened to goljan.... still have 2-3 audios to listen to, but will leave those for later in the week.... the task at hand now is questions..... lets get started then....
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| 5fluorouracil
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well, today was a rather short day..... only got 50 questions done....
but... better than nothing, i suppose... tomorrow will be a better day....
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| 5fluorouracil
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today was a better day.... did 150 questions with their respective explanations.... pretty good considering, had a late start and had many distractions from family even though i tried my best to ignore them all day.... hope to get an early start tomorrow.... good night all, and happy studying 
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| simran2008
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hi fluoro i am simran i am sailing in the same boat going thru ur mails i felt as if its me who has written all this i am also preparing fr step one again my days r exactly like urs planning to give in july lets help each other in inspiring .i am doing kaplan qbqnk hqve u done that. can u pl tell me what r medessentials and r they helpfull, thank u
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| 5fluorouracil
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hi simran, welcome to the journey..... think we all need inspiration so sure hope i can serve as inspiration to someone yep, been doing kaplan's qbank, so far so good, but my numbers are no where near where they should be.... kaplan recommends >65%... (although the score estimator says 50% is about a 211.... so who knows???) anyhow, let's just say i'm learning from my mistakes, since i've made so many of them
medessentials is a relatively new book from kaplan, similar to first aid just in a different style.... i like the book, good organization, its helpful in that it summarizes the information in a concise manner, ie table, figures and such....
so.... today, i've already done 50 questions... pretty good, perhaps i can break my record from yesterday.... will see how it goes..... happy studying!!!
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hello, I am a doctor from Peru and I finish the school 1996 ...i am 43 years old, i was looking for a job, but nothing can fill me ...so I DECIDE TO BE A DOCTOR AGAIN, BUT MY AGE DISCORUAGE ME.....what do you think?
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| 5fluorouracil
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is never too late to go for your dream.... go for it... study hard and you will make it!
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