If you are a United States citizen, it is your constitutional right to chose your own health path. No one, not even a doctor, can tell what you have to do or force you to make some medical decision. Yes, they can recommend, and doctors can prescribe but you ultimately make the final decision. We probably all have known this is true but on the practical level we don’t always think about it and many people’s subconscious mind gives them the quiet, “I have to” sentiment because someone with training said you had to. Yes, you are the final decision maker over your health. Several decades ago I saw this title on top of a page in the Prevention magazine, “Walk, Don’t Run to the Doctor.” I think the editor wrote the article. Its basic gist was, don’t hastily go to the doctor but take a step back evaluate what you may have done that precipitates not feeling well, study what you might be able to do on your own and then if you still feel you must go, GO. The part a health coach plays in health is to help you think it through, guide you to options and probably help you think of natural/alternative options you hadn’t thought of.