Just heard! I have officially passed Step 1, Step 2 CK and Step 2 CS. I now can graduate and get the coveted MD degree. Now that and $1.95 may get me a cup of coffee at McDonald's (maybe), but it is done...and that's a GREAT feeling!
Next step...3 sometime in the next couple of years. In the meantime, residency apps, interviews (hopefully) and placement. It's a long road, with many twists and turns, but I can see the light.
Could be a train, but I see the light.
"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." - Med Student speaking to the ceiling fan with vague reference to NBME
"Boy, that was worth it. Such value in learning and educational assessment. $2 per answer!"
-Med Student III to me
"Remember what you learned for Step 1 and Step 2? Now forget it. It's useless, meaningless and has no place in this house of healing!"
- Residency director to new PGY-1s at orientation
Now just have to wait for the results.
Just in case, application to What a Burger submitted.
"Hey boy, you want fries with that??"
That sucking sound you'll hear is a large medical testing organization insuring I have nothing left.
The next "step" happens today. Step 2, part 2. This day marks the end of a long process that, while not quite over, was the pinnacle I could see off in the distance.
When I return, it will be done.
Tomorrow, onward to Internal Medicine.
Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. 
— James Thurber
