Full House Star Dave Coulier Shares Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis
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Dave Coulier is opening up astir his wellness battle.
The Full House prima shared helium has been diagnosed with signifier 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, noting helium learned astir the improvement conscionable 5 weeks prior.
"In that time, I've had 3 surgeries, I've had chemo, I've mislaid a small spot of hair," helium told Today's Hoda Kotb during the show's Nov. 13 episode. "I benignant of look similar a small babe vertebrate now, but it has been a roller coaster thrust for sure."
Coulier went connected to explicate much astir his diagnosis, noting that he's battling B-cell lymphoma.
"It's a precise assertive benignant of lymphoma, and it happened precise quickly," the 65-year-old said. "The onset of this increasing lymphoma successful my groin area was precise quick. So I said, 'Ah, something's not right. I person a play shot down here.' And they said, you know, we privation we had amended quality for you, but you person B-cell lymphoma, we request to get you into chemotherapy close away."
The Light Is Waiting actor shared erstwhile helium received the news, determination was different hurdle helium faced: Telling his woman Melissa Bring.
"I got the news, I was location by myself," helium explained. "She came location 20 minutes aboriginal and she said, 'Have you heard anything?' And I said, 'Yeah, I person cancer.' And she said, 'Come on, discontinue making jokes.' And I said, No, I did, and erstwhile that settled in, it was a gut punch."
However, Coulier shared that they past recieved a spot of bully quality pursuing his results, noting that the crab has not spread.
"And truthful astatine that point, the curability complaint went up to 90 positive percent," helium noted. "So it's precise treatable."
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Noting that he's presently successful the midst of chemotherapy, Coulier elaborate however he's navigating beingness amid his wellness journey.
"I'm inactive really, truly engaged with life stuff," helium told Hoda. "So erstwhile I person to rest, I perceive to my body, and erstwhile I request to measurement connected the state pedal, I bash that."
And arsenic helium shared, doctors foretell that if everything goes arsenic planned, helium whitethorn successful remission by February.
"I'm treating this arsenic a journey," helium shared. "And if I tin assistance idiosyncratic who's watching contiguous get an aboriginal screening, a bosom exam, a colonoscopy, a prostate exam, spell bash it. Because, you know, for me, aboriginal detection meant everything."
Read connected for much celebs who person opened up astir their crab journeys.
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