My mechanic taught me something valuable about being undiagnosed with a chronic illness. No, he didn’t sit me down and describe the medical side of chronic illness to me.
He didn’t tell me about his experience with chronic illness. I don’t even know whether or not he has a chronic illness. Our conversation, like most conversations with mechanics, was about my car.
A while back, a light turned on on my dashboard. I’ll be honest, I don’t even remember which light it was. It wasn’t a super important one, like “check engine” but it didn’t just go away, so I took it to the mechanic.
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