“Full House” star Dave Coulier has completed his final round of chemotherapy after a stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis last year, marking a significant milestone in his battle against cancer. In a recent interview with Parade magazine, Coulier shared that he finished his treatment in February and is now awaiting further tests to determine his long-term prognosis.
Coulier, 65, described the cumulative effects of chemotherapy, noting that each treatment brought increasingly severe side effects. “Today is the first day that I really feel like, ‘Wow, I’m feeling pretty darn good. I feel like myself,'” he shared, contrasting his current state with the debilitating effects he experienced throughout treatment.
Dave Coulier Completes Chemotherapy As Wife Reveals He Was On Death’s Doorstep Following Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Diagnosis : “He Was Ready To Die”
He detailed the onset of neuropathy, nausea, dizziness, and “chemo brain,” which significantly impacted his daily life.“My days of being able to get up and walk around and be active started to decrease. Some days, I just didn’t want to do anything,” he recounted. By his sixth treatment, he found himself confined to bed, struggling with overwhelming fatigue.
His wife, Melissa Coulier, who served as his primary caregiver, shared the emotional toll the treatment took on both of them. She revealed that after his fifth round of chemotherapy, Dave expressed his readiness to face death. “He was like, ‘I’m prepared either way. If I die, I die. And if I can stay here, great. I want to.’ Those conversations were obviously so tough,” she said.
Coulier credited his wife’s insistence on seeking medical attention for potentially saving his life. Initially dismissing his symptoms as a “head cold,” he acknowledged that delaying treatment could have had dire consequences.
In a lighter moment during the interview, Coulier addressed the controversy surrounding his former “Full House” co-star, John Stamos, who wore a bald cap in support of him. He defended Stamos’s gesture, emphasizing the importance of humor during difficult times. “He knows what makes me laugh, and when he walked out like that, I fell on the floor laughing,” Coulier explained. “It wasn’t us making fun of others so much as it was: ‘Let’s laugh our way through this because this is a tough journey.'”
