Eboni Lewis

Hey Siri, What Does It Mean When My Check Engine Light Comes On ?

Imagine having a successful day of running errands, with the last thing on your checklist being to go home and relax. While driving home, your check engine light abruptly comes on, illuminating your dashboard like a blinding ray of sunshine on the first day of summer. Im sure we can agree that this means a problem. We might not know what the problem is or when it became one, but now it’s at the forefront. We now have two options. We can choose to immediately take action and get the car serviced to see how progressive the problem may be. It might be as minor as a gas cap not being secure or as major as the engine being about to blow. On the other hand, despite the check engine icon, we can choose to continue driving the car until we actually feel it breaking down, which could then be too late. I tend to think about this scenario when it comes to my health. In doing so, I have began the journey to being health conscience. The first minor ache we feel as people, is in a sense our check engine light coming on. Checking in with your health care provider at the sight of discomfort puts you in a better position to having all options available to you for diagnosing and resolving the health problem at hand. Waiting to be seen after the aches progress in pain or area can decrease chances of healing or even result to a more serious condition. I am not trying to breed the next generation of hypochondriacs, I am giving insight that if an ache is persistent or disturbing, it should be addressed sooner than later and the benefits of it. The answer to whether a nagging headache we may experience is stemming from the minor need of a new eyeglass prescription or something more major like a brain tumor, is on the other side of us taking the initiative to meet with our health care provider to assess our health.