zeenat09
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Dear friends,
I was a quite reader of this forum and got a lot of information and courage from you all. I was simply amazed that how wonderful people are here, everyone is encourging everyone and you can feel the positive energy around, inspite of having very often down moments..
Finally i thought that it is the time to directly communicate with our wonderful doctors and why not start my own journal so that these wonderful people will encourage me also when i will need them..
So first of all please God give me strength to be steadfast in this struggle, it is very nice to know that i am not alone in this marathon..
anyway
I am an old IMG, started last year with fulltime job and family... so far finished kap notes 3 times. with long pauses..... took uwf for 2 months but the score was 50%, now i am giving my final reading --- started
My plan is
quick reading of IM - 10 days,
take Uworld for 3 months and do 2 block/day
will take NBME 1 before starting IM
exam end of oct, 08
Please friends,kindly drop by,say few words, encourging or pushing when i need those.... like a sincere friends
this journey is hard, scary but rewarding so let, push each other and join the residency...
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| Liferocks
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Hi zeenat09...
i m a new comer to this forum.
Its nice to see some wonderful people around here to help each other.
U are not alone in this marathon,we will be with you................All the best
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| pipi99
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Welcome to ck forum world!!!!
Good luck with your studies!
I am finishing Obst. this week and then I plan to review IM for second time next week and to start with UW questions last week of august. Exam is in December.
Study good!
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| zeenat09
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Dear pipi, and liferock
thanks for stopping by, i am taking my exam in dec too. I read pipi,s dairy everyday and get motivation. i have just started final reading of IM .. cardio almost done... then resp will finsih in one week.
then i will get my 3 molnths UW , please keep checking on me. I am trying to run with you pipi
Hope to be in touch with you all
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| zeenat09
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Oh God i need some help,, i don,t feel lik studying, started cardio and after 20 pages i feel like i know everthing,,,( i reality i don,t)..
did some house cleaning and then did one block from the usmle CBT practice and got 60% and while doing i was sleeping... literally slept.. may be have a sleep disorder not sure..
Pleae guys help me and write a word of wisdom,,, how to keep moving and get the speed,,, kind of scared to run on the freeway.
Hey grazie and pipi how guys study it is really amazing..
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| pipi99
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Hey zeenat everyone has ups and downs!The point is to stand up after falling...and act like nothing happens...mm...well that part is hard....but if you do that you will master USMLE and have no regrets about lost days and hours....when exam comes closer you will think "O so many days didn't give 100% as I could"....So stand up...I mean sit down  and give maximum, focus on your goals....
Put sticky notes with motivational messages above your desk where you study, sort out your books, buy nice colorfull mouse pad  , buy colorful paper notes to cheer you up....buy lucky bamboo and put on your desk (that is positive feng shui sign) and brings happiness....highlighters....smiles stickers....and stick them on chapter which you are doing.....Just try to cheer yourself up and get going...
This is not 100 meter race , this is marathon...so just continue every step counts
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| zeenat09
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Dear PIPI,
thanks you so much for your powerful words, you should be an inspirational speaker... gilr you are amazing. I will definetly do that and hope it will help... it really cheer me up... where i can buy those lucky bamboos
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| Liferocks
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yea zeenat09, i agree with pipi99......
you should keep yourself focussed and should go on more strongly if some bad day comes in studying...afterall, there comes a bright morning after a dark night.
Create a good bright environment around u,it does adds to your confidence..
Happy studying..........
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| Grazie
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Hi Zeenat09
I didn't know about that lucky bamboo  this Pipi always bringing her curious stuff to us  but now I am intrigued, Pipi yes tell us where to get that bamboo 
About the sleeping part, are you kidding me Doc? I feel like a bear in the winter and we are in summer but this big belly is not ehlping so much but Pipi keeps kicking my booty so I am hanging in there, this girls must have ate all her vitamins and vegetables when she was alittle girl  she is so energized.
Doc, let's say no to the low energy state, probably working out for 30min in the morning and eating healthy  can help us to increase our energy, maybe also getting that lucky bamboo from Pipi 
Ok, this day started already, let's hit the books 
Hang in there Doc,
Grazie.
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| pipi99
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OMG...you are talking about me while "me" is not there?!?!?! 
Yes, mummy took care about my food when I was little, but now I live on pizza, frozen food and what my hubby cooks....It might be some additives in my frozen lunches?!?! 
And yes, I take multivitamins every day, and also I bought additional vitamin B complex, so another advice for zeenat 
You said so many nice things Grazie, so I am embarrased not to give my maximum today 
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| zeenat09
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hello shining stars,
Dear grazie, pipi and liferock,
thanks for your kind and motivating tips and helpful advise.. thise forum is like a night sky, where a lot of shinning stars are up there ( hanging there)..some of them are very bright and some of them become dim sometimes... amazingly the more shining stars share their energy with others make them bright tooo..
Please keep doing this wonderful help of keeping everyone shinning.. soon we all will be stars.
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| Liferocks
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hi zeenat09..."star in the making"
U scored 60% in CBt practice which is quite good infact.......but u will surely improve on this with one more reading of kaplan notes and some more practice which must have been going on these days.
But i will say,the real predictor is NBME test but do it when you are done with UW.
Keep updating your progress.............Good luck studying......
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| zeenat09
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Thank you so much guys, life, grazie, pipi and usmleglieder,
you all are amazing, finally i push my self out of my house.,.. to get in shape i mean in term of studying.. i am in the library... believe me it changed my attention..
today i finished resp from kap notes, ready evaluation of anemia from blue prints it is wonderful book for few topics... like paraneoplastic syndromes, evaluation of hemolysis.
did 46 q from qbook. it is 730 i have 2 more hours to goo.. i am feeling thirsty for knowledge so it is a good sign that i am progressing in my preparation. please guys keep an eye on me an d i will really appreciate if you keep pushing me when i am down or not telling what i studied today.
so will be back tomorrow with update.. happy studying
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| zeenat09
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Hi everyone,
I cannot wait to share with you all that i am getting back on track. in 2 hours i studied 6 chapter from blueprint for medicine and 2 chap paeds from Kap notes. Library is amazing if you are studying home please RUN to the library... i wish some one had told me this before...
i am energized by the hard working people around me... tomorrow hopefully i will finish reading medicien from blueprint yes i mean it
I am still dealing with one issue...how can i shut down my brain from all those chores i am supposed to do, poping up all the time while studying.. any trick or advise PLEASE..
every one have a nice sleep... see you all tomorrow
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| pipi99
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Great to hear that!
I am getting back on track as well!!!
Life goes on, you can completely cut life outside USMLE, but this is enough being in good concentration and USMLE shape...Just keep doing like that!
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| pipi99
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I meant, you can NOT completely cut life outside USMLE...and I forgot to put NOT which changes what I meant completely.... 
Keep going! 
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| Liferocks
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Great going zeenat09......
stay determined and keep ur focus intact by keep reminding urself ur goal......
Keep it up.
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| elizabethzt
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zeenat09, you are going to be great!!! you are a doctor, you have experience! that is a big point
just trust in your self, enjoy UW....
good luck
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| Grazie
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Zeenat,
You are doing a great job  and if going to the library is improving your study, great! keep doing it I see you are getting great results in no time, that is huge buddy; I am walking slow but I think enough to make it to December, hopefully I can be ready for december.
Hang in there Doc, you are doing an amazing job 
Grazie.
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| ecfmg09
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Hi Zeenat,
Thanks for stopping by. I don't know whati amdoing these days, just trying to do topic wise questions. ANd now i started doing mixed blocks like the test. Goal is to do atleast 1, if not 2 blocks daily along with subject wise revision.
My kids are aged 6 and 2. My parents are helping me out right now, so its notso bad. Atleast no cooking and cleaning. But it is hard to juggle USMLE and kids and family and work, sometimes i feel i am not doing justice to anybody. I think it is a phase we all go through but i just want to be out of this whirlpool of USMLE and move on in life. I don't know how i can help you but let me know. IF you can study well in the library, do it. It is good to have people around you in the same boat and it is motivating also. Keep in touch. Do yu have a date for your test yet? Good LUck
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