Dave Coulier revealed contiguous that he’s been diagnosed with a “very aggressive” signifier of cancer.
The Full House prima shared that he’s been battling signifier 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dave stated that helium was diagnosed successful October aft a respiratory corruption led to swelling successful his lymph nodes.
Dave Coulier’s Shocking Cancer Diagnosis
In an interrogation published Wednesday morning, Dave revealed that his diagnosis came arsenic a implicit shock.
“Three days later, my doctors called maine back, and they said, ‘We privation we had amended quality for you, but you person non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and it’s called B cell, and it’s precise aggressive,’” helium told People.
“I went from, I got a small spot of a caput acold to I person cancer, and it was beauteous overwhelming,” helium says. “This has been a truly accelerated roller coaster thrust of a journey.”
Dave added that he’s mislaid aggregate household members to cancer, and helium decided close distant to instrumentality an aggressive, “head-on” attack to battling the disease.
Together with his wife, Melissa Bring, and friends successful the aesculapian field, Dave assembled a squad of top-tier doctors.
“We each benignant of enactment our heads unneurotic and said, ‘Okay, wherever are we going?’ And they had a precise circumstantial program for however they were going to dainty this,” helium said.
Shortly thereafter, Dave received immoderate bully news, erstwhile his bony marrow trial came backmost negative.
“At that point, my chances of curable went from thing debased to 90% range. And truthful that was a large day.”
A Strong Support Network
Dave further discussed his diagnosis during an quality connected the Today amusement this morning.
“The archetypal happening I said to them was, ‘Wait a infinitesimal — cancer?’” helium said.
“(I was) feeling similar I got punched successful the tummy due to the fact that it ne'er happens to you. You ever perceive astir it happening to idiosyncratic else.”
Dave went connected to recognition his woman with his ongoing recovery, noting that she “organized (his) full life, from nutrition to the doctor’s appointments to the pills.”
“She’s got worldly color-coded,” helium added. “It’s beauteous great.”
A Positive Outlook
Dave has retained his celebrated consciousness of wit successful the aftermath of his diagnosis. And helium says he’s acceptable for immoderate comes adjacent successful the combat of his life.
“My gag is that successful 4 abbreviated weeks, I’ve gone from a Virgo to a Cancer,” helium said connected Today. “I’ve tried to clasp a consciousness of world but besides a consciousness of wit astir it.”
“I told Melissa I don’t cognize why, but I (am) OK with immoderate the quality (is) going to beryllium nary substance however devastating. … I can’t explicate wherever that came from,” helium added.
“I’ve had an unthinkable life. I’ve had the astir astonishing radical successful my life. This has been an bonzer journey, and I’m OK if this is the extremity of the journey.”
Today’s announcement has prompted an outpouring of enactment connected societal media, with galore sharing fond memories of Full House and Dave’s late costar connected the show, Bob Saget.
We privation Dave and his household each the champion arsenic they look this conflict together.