I was the 1st in my family to come here, when I got to Alaska in 2011. Dr. John Cates is my primary physician and has helped me with a health issue I learned of when we got labs back when I did my annual physical.
One of those chronic things that needs to monitored yearly and maintenance prescriptions, but I'm healthier now than before, and he takes the time to explain and tell you what needs to improved on. I're reversed my condition once, it's diet related, so working on it again.
We've seemed to have grown as friends over these years too. He's said let's work out together but, he's up too early for me! LOL! I do my workouts at the gym, home, bike and walk. He's all about diet and exercise and as he'll tell you 'Fin Fish' eat more fin fish and eggs lots of eggs and fish. After I went my wife followed and when our daughter broke her ankle at school she became part of the Northwest Medical Family, then our oldest daughter joined in too as they had a female PRN which you need those female annual checkups for. I've been with them years.
Today was Lab Work before our appointment next week. LabCorp is on site here. One and done so convenient.
His dad Dr. Cates Sr. was one of the founders of Alaska Regional Hospital.
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