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By LAUREN SALCEDOFor the Globe-TimesARLINGTON —

After studying public administration at the University of Southern California and spend-ing a year as an intern in Washington, D.C., Kristin Banfield set-tled down in Arlington and began a career doing what she loves.

“Since I graduated college, I’ve worked in government,” said Banfield, director of human resources and communications for the city of Arlington. “I always knew that’s what I wanted to do.”

At the start of 2008, she and her husband, Bill, were planning a trip to Quebec for a hockey tournament and their daughter, Teeghan, was set to begin kindergarten in the fall.

Everything was going well for the young family.

“We love hanging out with family and friends, camping and just enjoying life,” Banfield said. “That’s what I remember was going on at the time, but 2008 is what I call, ‘the year I would like to forget.’”

The diagnosisIt began with a rou-

tine check up that February.

When Dr. Johanna Wang of the Everett

Clinic in Marysville conducted a breast exam during the appointment, Wang noticed something at the top left side of Banfield’s chest.

“She tried to have me feel it, but I couldn’t. That’s how deep it was,” Banfield said.

Wang sent her for a mammogram at Providence Regional

Medical Center in Everett.

With no family his-tory of breast cancer, Banfield was sur-prised.

“I’m 35, a mam-mogram, really?” she said. “Since it was my first mammogram, my mom offereed to go with me. She is a can-cer survivor as well; she had thyroid can-cer in her 20s. But we

weren’t even think-ing of cancer at that point.”

Following the mam-mogram, her doctors decided to do an ultra-sound as well. That’s when Banfield began to worry.

“The ultrasound was the same day, and they said, ‘We defi-nitely see something in there,’” she said.

They ordered a biop-

sy to find out more.“It’s a long needle

with a hole at the end,” Banfield said of the procedure. “They take five samples, so you feel a bit sore the next day.”

The doctor believed it looked like a fibro-adenoma, which is a benign tumor.

“A few days later, the breast center called to go over the results,”

Banfield said. “It was what they call ADH, which stands for atypi-cal ductal hyperplasia. It means the cells are growing.”

They did another test and found that the lump was DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ — Stage 0 breast cancer. Stage 0 refers to a non invasive breast

Banfield fights to beat breast cancer

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cancer, and DCIS is characterized by abnormal cells in the milk duct.

“Stage 0 means it hasn’t gone any-where outside of that,” Banfield said.

She was scheduled for a lumpectomy in mid -April to remove the tumor. DCIS is treatable, but if left unchecked, can spread into the breast tissue outside of the milk ducts.

“Here I am at 35, we have a 4 -year -old daughter and, in two months, I have gone from a regular check-up to a lumpectomy,” Banfield said.

She was over-whelmed by the turn of events and looked online for information.

“I did something I tell people never to do — I went on the inter-net. Don’t go on the in t e rne t , you just read all these hor-ror stories. You have to stay away from that kind of negativ-ity.”

A lumpectomy is considered a breast -saving surgical proce-dure where the tumor is removed, often

with some of the sur-rounding breast tis-sue. Banfield said she didn’t feel much pain, but did feel soreness

following surgery.

T h e u s u a l treatment for DCIS is radia-tion, fol-lowed by five years on an e s t rogen b l o c k e r c a l l e d

Tamoxefin. Prior to beginning radiation that May, her doc-tor requested that she undergo an MRI exam. Following the exam, Banfield and her fam-ily set out early on a

Memorial Day camp-ing trip.

“My oncologist was looking through my records and found that, for some reason, they hadn’t done one test, which checks how responsive it is to estrogen and proges-terone,” she said. “So they sent it off to the lab again.”

While the Banfield family was celebrating the holiday in Moses Lake, her oncologist, Dr. Oliver Batson of Providence Regional Medical Center, was trying to reach her.

“Doctor Batson said, ‘I don’t like doing this over the phone but we had your tumor retested, and it’s actu-ally Stage 1,’” said

Banfield, who was stunned. “That meant it was invasive.

“And that same day, I got the phone call on the MRI. They found another tumor.”

The options“Radiation was off

the table with the results that my first tumor was actually invasive and that there was a second tumor discovered. We need-ed to reset our game plan with the new information,” Banfield said. “I could do another lumpectomy and remove the sec-ond tumor, or I could get a mastectomy and remove the whole breast.”

She was unhappy

with the result of her first lumpectomy.

“Because my tumors were so responsive to estrogen, there was no chance for any more kids,” Banfield said.

So she met with a plastic surgeon.

“He offered to make something beautiful, that made me feel like a woman. And I wouldn’t have to worry or stress about it anymore.”

In July of 2008, Banfield underwent surgery to have her left breast removed.

It was during that surgery that doctors found a third tumor that didn’t show on the MRI.

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With no breast tissue left to radiate, that left chemotherapy to com-plete her treatment.

“They have a cool test called Oncotype DX, which tests your tumors’ likelihood of recurrence and its responsiveness to chemo.

“They rate it on a scale and for anything over 30, they recom-mend chemotherapy. Mine was just under 20,” Banfield said.

“At that point, I was the luckiest person in the world. Not only do I not have to go through radiation, I also don’t have to do chemotherapy.”

“It’s not that often that you don’t have to do radiation or chemo. From my perspective it’s very unusual,” she said.

Banfield then decid-ed, as a precautionary measure, to have her right breast removed. She had the surgery in September of 2008.

“If you only have cancer on one side, there’s a good chance they will find it on the other side,” she said.

“They took my right side and ran it through all the same tests that they would if there was a lump there. There was noth-ing there. It’s always nerve -wracking but you can’t live your life in constant fear,

because that is not a life to live.”

Her new lifeIn January of 2009,

she had her final sur-gery — this time for reconstruction.

“It was the longest year of my life, and for my husband and daughter as well,” she said.

“My husband was my rock. I could always go to him, and he would focus on the positive, even when I was focusing on the

negative.“When we would go

to a doctor appoint-ment, I would hear only negatives, and he would see the positive, and he kept me on that path. I’m sure that when I was under and having surgery, he was probably a nervous wreck. And I think anyone would be.

“When you see the person you love suffer-ing, you want to take all that pain away.”

The toughest part of her journey was wait-

ing for results.“I think the worst

part is probably the time in between when you have your surgery and you are waiting for your test results,” she said.

“It’s so nerve -wracking. It just takes that long to run all those tests. They have gotten faster, but I think it’s always going to be the hardest part.”

Despite the stress and fear that came with the diagnosis and surgeries, Banfield said she had several inspiring people to look to for support.

“I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. I don’t have enemies, but I wouldn’t wish it on anyone,” she said.

“I’ve seen people die, and I’ve seen peo-ple survive. My mom is my inspiration — she is a 30 -plus year survivor. If she can deal with raising me and my brother and survive cancer, then I felt I could too.

“When my daughter was born, my mom’s mom was undergoing treatment for skin can-cer.

“When you see an 80 -year -old woman going through chemo and radiation and say-ing, ‘Ah, you’re going to be fine.” And she is my grandma? If she can do it at 80, I can do it at 30.”

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“At that point I was the luckiest person in the world. Not only do I not have to go through radiation, I also don’t have to do

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Fighting on

Since her victory over breast cancer five years ago, Banfield has supported other cancer patients through Relay for Life.

“For the last two years, I was the event chair for Marysville/Tulalip Relay for Life,” she said. “You meet so many survi-vors. We share our

stories, but we focus on how we can make survivors and caregiv-ers feel appreciated, feel blessed and feel like they are not alone. There’s unfortunate-ly millions of us out there. But we are all doing something about it, to hopefully find a

cure.”Banfield is still tak-

ing the Tamoxefin, and new studies show that taking it for 10 years decreases the risk of recurrence.

“The side effects are miserable. You get hot flashes and your hair starts getting thin-

ner,” Banfield said. “It basically puts you in menopause. I’ve been on it six years in October, and I’m bound and determined to make it the first ten years.”

She would do any-thing to make sure she can be there for

Teeghan, who just started sixth grade at Haller Middle School.

“It’s worth it if I get to see my daughter graduate high school and graduate college and walk down the aisle,” she said. “It’s a very small price to pay to be able to see all of

that.”Banfield said she is

lucky to have a big support system during her battle with cancer, including her doctors, nurses, neighbors, co-workers, family and friends.

“Everywhere I turned, someone was saying, ‘You can do this’ and ‘You’re going to make it through this,” she said.

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We will provide you with interviews from local breast cancer experts, physicians, clinicians and support groups in the Marysville, Tulalip, Arlington, Smokey Point and Lakewood areas. You will learn about some of the concepts our medi-cal society has available to more-effectively detect and treat this condition. And you will read about

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Here, you will find heart-warming accounts of the survivors’ journey, which includes their families as well.

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Arlington native Karena Raino-Nevratakis was diag-nosed with breast cancer in October 2011. After her first round of chemothera-py, she ate at a restaurant and soon after contracted pneumonia.

“I recommend staying home and out of public res-taurants as much as possible when it comes to food,” the 39-year-old said. “I caught pneumonia after going to the restaurant and associate the two as possibly con-nected.”

Taste changes during treatment.

“During chemotherapy, I had severe taste bud chang-es the whole time. Nothing had much taste or it tasted awful. It was hard to eat because you just don’t want to,” said Corinna Howard,

diagnosed with breast can-cer in June 2013.

The 44-year-old received treatment — surgery, che-motherapy and radiation — at Everett’s Providence Regional Cancer Partnership. Medications caused chronic pancreatitis, a digestive disease, which further exacerbated eating issues. She lost upwards of 50 pounds and struggled with nutrition issues.

“Especially with the pan-creatitis, no one ever real-ly advised me on what I needed to do to get better,” Howard said.

Like many patients, Howard identified palat-able foods through trial and error. However, dietary tips can sometimes help ease the process. Many medical institutions offer nutrition counseling via registered dietitians and classes.

What to eat?“I see a lot of people

who start following a very restrictive diet after being diagnosed,” said Margaret Hines, registered oncology dietician at the partnership.

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“It’s not necessarily the time to make big changes and start eating only kale smoothies. People need to maintain weight, hydra-tion and keep the immune system strong during treat-ment.”

Common treatment side effects include taste chang-es and sensitivity to food temperature, mucositis characterized by sores and dryness of the mouth and digestive tract, loss of appe-tite, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Fatigue also can become an obstacle.

For patients with dimin-ished appetites, large amounts can be overwhelm-ing. Try smaller meals and snacks. Whenever possible, Hines recommends incor-porating healthy, high-calo-rie items such as avocados, extra olive oil and nut but-ters. Add peanut butter to everything from shakes to toast for a calorie and pro-tein boost.

“Both cancer itself and treatment causes the body’s metabolism to change. Try to compensate for the extra protein the body consumes for healing,” recommend-ed Angela Merges, regis-

tered dietician at Swedish Medical Center’s Edmonds Breast Center.

Increase protein — pref-erably lean — at every meal and snacks. Merges recommends additions such as an extra egg at breakfast and chicken, salmon or tuna salad for lunch. Add cheese to crackers, potatoes and sandwiches. Additionally, eat whole-grain carbohy-drates for energy.

Many patients expe-rience a change in taste, which can shift even

daily. Chemotherapy often imparts a metallic flavor to food. The effect, Hines said, is sometimes lessened by eating with plastic uten-sils, cooking in glassware and avoiding food from cans.

“The blander the bet-ter for me,” Howard said. “Cream of Wheat was a go-to along with oatmeal, plain crackers and mashed potatoes. The less flavor, the less conflict between my taste buds and what I knew it should normally

taste like.”Well-intentioned friends

and family — even busi-nesses — sometimes pres-sure patients to eat “cure-all” foods. Follow your gut both literally and figura-tively.

“Unfortunately, cancer patients are vulnerable to all sorts of weird diet advice,” Hines said. “There is no magic bullet, elixir or herb that you can take to make everything imme-diately better. If there was, we’d tell you.”

Instead, Hines recom-mends consulting with an oncologist, registered dieti-cian or reputable sourc-es such as the American Cancer Society or National Cancer Association.

Staying hydrated is essen-

tial to good health, but even more so during cancer treat-ment.

“Especially with chemo, doctors generally advise lots of fluids to help flush things through,” Hines said. “Treatment can diminish the sense of thirst, so we usually tell people to drink more than they think they need.”

If water doesn’t whet the appetite, flavor it with crushed fruit. Beverages such as Gatorade are recom-mended both for replenish-ing fluid and electrolytes. Popsicles, fruit juice and broth are also good options.

“If you don’t have much appetite or problems with nausea, separate fluid intake from meals. Don’t fill up on water so that you don’t eat food and vice versa. You don’t want to miss out on either,” Merges said.

Cancer patients often experience neutropenia, abnormally low counts of white blood cells, which help fight infections. Food bacteria that is safe for a healthy person can be high-risk for those with weak-ened immune systems. Cook meals — particularly meat — thoroughly.

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“The blander the better for me ... The less flavor, the less conflict between my taste buds and what I knew it

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If dining out is a must, pass on raw items such as salads and sushi. Inform serv-ers of the need for food to be cooked extra hot and well done.

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“We talk to our clients about getting their screen-ing mammogram done; it’s routine for everyone that comes in,” Potter said.

Sea Mar also has partner-ships with Evergreen Radia and Health for screening their patients.

If Sea Mar screens some-thing that could be dan-gerous, they encourage the clients to seek further screening or treatment at a health care provider.

“We help them through the process of getting them involved with programs that will help them,” Potter said. “Those places will give us a cash pay quo, and sometimes it’s much lower when you send someone to a hospital.”

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