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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cMy hope for the future is that my daughters, my niece, don\u2019t ever have to live through what we\u2019ve lived through either, as a daughter, as a sister, as a mother,\u201d Julia McCormick said. (Submitted)<\/p>\n
For Julia, having the opportunity to take preventative action has brought a profound sense of relief.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opportunity to have this surgery has felt like a privilege,\u201d she said. \u201cI just genuinely feel that there is a weight lifted in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
She believes the shift toward preventative care reflects something larger than their individual journeys. It highlights the progress of breast cancer research and the opportunities it can create for families like theirs.<\/p>\n
Julia said she\u2019s keenly aware that the options available today differ from those her mother had decades ago. Research, improved understanding of risk and advances in preventative care have helped give people new ways to make informed decisions about their health.<\/p>\n
And that progress is what gives the sisters hope for the next generation.<\/p>\n
Julia said she thinks about her daughters and her niece, and the possibility that they may one day face a very different future. One shaped less by fear and more by knowledge, prevention and choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf our story can help inspire people to want to donate, for people to understand the value of preventative medicine and research,\u201d she said, \u201cI think it\u2019s so important that we not give up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lila McCormick was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly before last year\u2019s C95 Radio Marathon. \u201cI remember tuning in\u2026 and feeling sad and scared, but also feeling not alone, and hearing stories of hope,\u201d she recalled. (Submitted)<\/p>\n For Lila, the C95 Radio Marathon represents that hope in action.<\/p>\n The annual fundraising event brings the community together to raise money for breast cancer research, helping advance the science and care that offers hope to families like hers.<\/p>\n A year ago, she was listening to the live broadcast for reassurance that brighter days were possible.<\/p>\n Today, she said she hopes sharing her own experience can offer that same encouragement to someone newly diagnosed, while reminding others why continued support for breast cancer research matters.<\/p>\n Above all, the sisters want people to know that a difficult diagnosis does not mean the end of hope.<\/p>\n Lila learned that from her mother. Julia has seen it in her sister. And both women continue to live it through the love and support they give each other.<\/p>\n Cancer may be part of their family history, but it is not the whole story.<\/p>\n And as the women look ahead, they are choosing to focus not on what they cannot change, but on what they can help change for others.<\/p>\n Their hope is that the next generation will inherit more than their family\u2019s story of resilience. They will inherit a world where research has advanced even farther, preventative options are more widely understood, and fewer families have to navigate the fear that has shaped so much of their lives.<\/p>\n For two sisters who have already learned so much about the strength of standing together, that is a future worth fighting for.<\/p>\n From their mother\u2019s diagnosis to their own surgeries, Saskatoon sisters Lila and Julia McCormick are turning a family history of breast cancer into a message of hope through C95\u2019s Radio Marathon. (Brittany Caffet\/650 CKOM)<\/p>\n The 27th annual C95 Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer Research is broadcasting live from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Midtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n The C95 Radio Marathon raises funds for the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan in support of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency\u2019s local breast cancer research projects.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n