Dave Coulier gives a thumbs-up from chemotherapy treatment in November 2024.Photo:Dave Coulier/Instagram
Dave Coulier/Instagram
Dave Couliershared an update amid his ongoing treatment forstage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, saying “it’s been a little bit of an adjustment” not having hair.
“I’m feeling good. My hair has not grown back at this time yet,” theFull Housealum, 65, told his co-hostMarla Sokoloffon the Jan 10. episode of their podcast,Full House Rewind.
“I realize how much that hair keeps you warm,” Coulier, who underwent chemotherapy as part of his treatment for his blood cancer, said. “Gets a little cold here in Michigan where I’m at.”
“That’ll come in handy during the summer, I guess. It’s like a little air conditioning on your head,” Sokoloff, 44, quipped, prompting the comic to riff, “But then you gotta make sure you put sunblock on.”
Dave Coulier attends ’90s Con in Florida in 2024.Gerardo Mora/Getty
Gerardo Mora/Getty
“I don’t know if I’m gonna let it grow, like, super long to kinda make up for it,” Coulier shared with a laugh. “It’ll be nice to have hair again.”
His comment prompted Sokoloff to reference a meme she saw, which said, “ ‘If your nose isn’t running right now, appreciate the heck out of that.’ Because once your nose starts running, you forget how wonderful it is to be healthy. And I’m sure that that’s a similar feeling that you have where you’re like, ‘Did I appreciate my health when I had it?’ ”
“I wish it was just my nose running,” he said. “It’s been kind of a roller coaster ride. Different effects. And people who are watching the show or listening to the show, who have been here before, you know that it’s a roller coaster, because the side effects have side effects — and then you take a drug to counteract that and this and that. So it’s this constant cocktail where your body is in fight or flight mode, and you’re just trying to adjust to, like, ‘Okay, how am I adjusting to steroids? How am I adjusting to the chemo cocktail? And then, how am I adjusting to all these other things?’ “
“You know, your body’s in a fight. It’s a little bit of an internal battle,” he said.
Dave Coulier on “Full House” in 1993.American Broadcasting Companies via Getty
American Broadcasting Companies via Getty
“If I have to feel a little out of sorts for a few months, then, then so be it,” he concluded. “But just being able to alert people that it’s okay to get acolonoscopyor early screenings or amammogram, it’s really worth it.”
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