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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jelly Beans" data-source="post: 335940" data-attributes="member: 54026">I've had a few troubles not with teachers, or exam boards, but invigilators within the examination room. Notify one at the start that you have diabetes, you have sweets/BG kit/insulin pens with you and may need time to leave during the exam. This generally makes things run quicker if you do need to leave, and disrupts less of your time. Having an insulin pump, this is technically against the regulations of the exam boards (no electronic communication or storage devices may be brought into the exam room) so I always explain to the examiner what I have in the rare occasion it does beep during the exam. There are many stories of examiners refusing to let people sit exams because of it! Tell them as soon as you can, then they are generally fine with it though sometimes need a little explanation.</blockquote>

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