no I did not try to talk to the department head or any one else. my reasons are first, yes I might end up with other supervision but the new supervisor might try to shift my project in certain direction. I am already standing on my own and getting my results. second, in term of looking the future I need to get job may be with some people in the same department. I do not want them to remember that I am the one who has a lot of problem and dumped my sick supervisor. thirld, it is sensitive topic every one will hesitate to involved especially my supervisor is coming to the department. I decided just to keep going.

honestly I am on my own. no post doc or even other ph.d student in our lab. I am the only student of my supervisor. I have committee members who are helpful, but they are not that engaged in the lab. and really I found it so hard sometimes, but I have no time to regret or to start over!

Am I on different plante? what about this: my thirld year all ready passing by in the ph.d programm. I have met with my supervisor to discuss science if I sum it altogether it will be not more than 5 hours.(I mean for the whole period of 3 years). and to make it worse 5 months ago he knew that he had a cancer. and I am alone working. he iscoming to his office but always not in a mode, and being in his office no one dare to suggest other supervision!

to be honest minus 20 is not yet the coldest here it get also minus 30 and the wind chill make it sometimes feels like minus forty. I have lived in Europe and it is never cold compare to what I am experencing here. we have snow for 6 months and every thing is very white, revers are icy to the degree that you can drive your car on then!!

if any one is allowed to complain about the weather. it should be me. because I live in Canada in one of the coldest part of it"Winnipeg" it is minus 20 now and i am working. like every one else. I have been in Holland I left there 2 years. and every one bick over there. I think your complaining is not valid!!

ok, I went to that girl party and was so boring. I will never go again to girl party!! sunday I was supose to write all the day. well I slept most of the day

tomrrow I am invited to girl party with the other grad girl students. I never went to girl party so I hope it will be fun. every one suppose to cook something. sunday I got to write all the day long.

I do agree with MistaG. and you are not the first one. good it happened just one year after you atarted. I know one ph.d student who was unfairly kiked out also because of his supervisor. now he got his ph.d and also a job position in the same area. it will be fine.

take one week off. and sleep well!! it will refresh you

That was so funny

hi, yes there is more downs than ups in the ph.d but do not worry cause you are not the only one feeling this way. the other day I google"why doing a ph.d" then I found really interesting research paper describing the negative effects of ph.d stuy on student health. the papaer title is "Pursuit of the Ph.D.: Is it good for your health?"
Paper presented at the 4th International Multidisciplinary Qualitative Health Research Conference Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, February 19-21, 1998.© 1998
it is free online you can google and see other people desribe there experience as well.

ya,I always felt I am on my own,especially the first year. now I try even not to see my supervisor as much as possible. and I manage by having a good relation with my other committee members. they actually supervised me more than my supervisor did. but what I can do else. to be honest when I started, I believed that I should thank him because no one will else bring me from 3ed world country!! it took me long time to gain back my confedence. although I have my master from europe and I used to have great relationship with my supervisor in my Master. but in my ph.d is very difficult to describe the relation with my supervisor and the comment he told me is just an example of his annoying list of comments. any way today I was very happy I got quite very good results and I almost dance in the lab!!!tomporrow first thing I am going to discuss it with one of my committee members. this is the way I survive till the moment. and thanks all for your kind advices.

Hi
I am in my thirld year in the ph.d program. my work is going fine now. However I am sick and tired of my supervisor negative attitude. the whole time I feel so sad and down. I never remember him giving me an scientific advice or positive reaction to what I am doing. the problem I feel that he is not satisfied. I asked him what he thinks. he get angry. he said if he says nothing it means every thing is fine. if I do not go to him he will never ask what is going on. when I go few times like once in month. he does not look in my eye. and stay loolikg at his computer monitor. I feel insulted and humilated. when I started my ph.d in Canada, he asked me to thank him because
he brought me from the thirld world and no one else will do. he yelled at me when I have my first committee metting report full of spelling mistakes. I confused and I do not know what to do? he does not do that with his other master students. I am the only ph.d student in his lab.