Dave Coulier Recollects Final Days of Chemo amid Most cancers Journey

Dave Coulier’s journey to being cancer-free was not a straightforward one, notably within the house stretch.

On the Wednesday, April 16 episode of How Impolite, Tanneritos!, Jodie Sweetin, 43, and Andrea Barber, 48, have been joined by their former Full Home costar Coulier, 65, as they mentioned the “the unimaginable information” that he “beat stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.”

“To have a good time Dave kicking most cancers’s butt, we wished to speak with him at the moment about his journey and unfold some consciousness for non Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” the podcast opened. 

Coulier revealed that it’d been “about three weeks” between his final chemo appointment and discovering out that he was cancer-free.

Throughout that point, he’d turn into “fairly sick” because of the chemotherapy and a chilly that below regular circumstances his physique might battle off.

“My blood ranges have been so low as a result of after chemo remedy, purple blood cells dive. All of your ranges, your white blood cells, every part, simply your immune system simply type of crashes. And so I caught a chilly throughout that final chemo remedy,” he recalled. 

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Coulier stated he could not go away for 10 days as a result of he “knew that the cumulative impact of the chemotherapy was going to occur.” 

“So I attributed it to that as an alternative of realizing I’ve a chilly and my immune system cannot deal with it proper now,” he stated.

The comic praises his spouse Melissa Carry for making him see a physician even when he was hesitant.

Earlier than the physician’s arrival, Carry took Coulier’s temperature and noticed that her husband had a fever. He was prescribed antibiotics, however after his state of affairs didn’t get any higher, the subsequent step was hospitalization.

“So I ended up within the hospital for 4 days whereas they administered an IV of antibiotics, for my fever to interrupt. They usually stated, ‘Look, we do not know what is going on on,’ ” he recalled.

Whereas nonetheless making an attempt to determine what was responsible for his fever, docs discovered proteins related to the potential for a “huge coronary heart assault.” Ultrasounds and CAT scans have been advisable.

“I used to be a large number. After which we took another assessments and so they lastly boiled it right down to, I had a rhinovirus,” he stated, including that the virus was attacking his immune system. 

“And as my immune system began to regenerate a little bit bit, I began to return again. And on the fifth day, they lastly stated, ‘Your fever’s gone, you may go house.’ However they stated, ‘Had you waited one other 48 hours with this, we might have misplaced you,’ ” Coulier recalled.

He acquired his prognosis in October 2024. On March 31, a consultant for Coulier confirmed to PEOPLE that he was cancer-free.