17k hands in 16 days. how many tables? someone can correct me if I am wrong but I don't see the point in playing > 4 tables at these stakes while trying to develop the basics of poker. Any one who knows the basics of poker and is multi- tabling heavily should not be at 5/10c for any great length of time. But then I haven't tried moving up myself yet due to cashing out...

Your rake is massive. check online out your site works out rake and look at pokerstars and compare. Full tilt really creams people at our level without rakeback.

Edit:
Actually when I used to pay a lot of rake I worked it out that I was getting involved in too many pots and loosing. This effectively means you have to win a lot to show profit and pay a lot of rake. Learning to fold more helped me.