{"id":6569,"date":"2025-10-16T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6569\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:47:08","slug":"new-mom-battles-postpartum-depression-then-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6569\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mom Battles Postpartum Depression then Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stuart Samuels, M.D., Ph.D., is a radiation oncologist specializing in head and neck cancer and breast cancer at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Plantation. For more information about the services and treatments offered, <a href=\"https:\/\/umiamihealth.org\/locations\/sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center-plantation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umiamihealth.org\/en\/new-mom-battles-breast-cancer-close-to-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UHealth Collective<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MEET AMEILIA GOPIE:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ameilia Gopie was just overcoming postpartum depression when she learned she had breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey said they found something. I remember that being the longest day of my life,\u201d Ameilia says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new mom underwent chemotherapy and a double mastectomy. Then she met with <a href=\"https:\/\/sylvester-doctors.umiamihealth.org\/provider\/stuart-e-samuels\/525070\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Samuels, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>, a radiation oncologist at <a href=\"https:\/\/umiamihealth.org\/locations\/sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center-plantation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Plantation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe primary treatment for breast cancer is surgery to remove the disease from the body. But radiation is used to sterilize the area where the cancer was, where there could possibly be microscopic disease left behind,\u201d says Dr. Samuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Patients undergoing breast cancer treatment, who need radiation, can now be treated right here in Plantation. At this brand-new facility, Sylvester provides the most advanced technology for better patient outcomes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe machines here are really state-of-the-art. Basically, the most advanced X-ray technology that exists, we have here. We have access to all of the clinical trials that are at the main campus are also available here. So, if you have a unique cancer or a rare cancer. Or we\u2019re trying to understand how to reduce the radiation or increase the radiation, whatever it may be, we have those same options here that we would have downtown. Between the comprehensive cancer care, really the expertise that we have here in this facility, we\u2019re really able to create something very special here,\u201d Dr. Samuels says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the facility you want to work with, someone that cares for you as a human being,\u201d says Ameilia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This mom encourages all women to put their health first and get their mammograms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cTaking care of yourself is a real thing. Just like you put on nail polish, and you comb your hair, and you put on deodorant, it\u2019s a real thing. Go to the doctor, get yourself checked. That would be my message,\u201d Ameilia says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After battling postpartum depression and breast cancer, Ameilia is overjoyed to have bonded with her 3-year-old daughter Allana. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt was just amazing to be like, \u2018I\u2019m a mom.\u2019 I\u2019m just extremely blessed,\u201d says Ameilia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FOCUSING ON YOU<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Focusing on You: Innovations in Modern Medicine is a series of healthcare-related stories airing regularly on WPLG Local 10. For more stories like this one, visit YouTube channels for UHealth, the University of Miami Health System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Samuels, M.D., Ph.D., is a radiation oncologist specializing in head and neck cancer and breast cancer at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,7145],"class_list":{"0":"post-6569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news","11":"tag-uhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}