Dave Coulier Says 'the Side Effects Have Side Effects‘ amid 'Roller Coaster' of Cancer Treatment
The “Full House” alum is undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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Dave Coulier gives a thumbs-up from chemotherapy treatment in November 2024.Dave Coulier shared an update amid his ongoing treatment for stage 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,” the Full House alum, 65, told his co-host Marla Sokoloff on 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.”
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Dave Coulier attends '90s Con in Florida in 2024.“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.
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Dave Coulier on "Full House" in 1993.But, Coulier added, “I have heard from so many people, Marla, who have been affected by cancer in their lives. And, you know, the words of encouragement have, I think, really helped people. So that, to me, is worth the journey of all of this.”
“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 a colonoscopy or early screenings or a mammogram, it's really worth it.”
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