Dave Coulier diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, actor revealed in interview
The Full house star and comedian, 65 revealed in interview with PEOPLE MAGAZINE that he was diagnosed in October ” an upper respiratory infection caused major swelling in his lymph nodes “.
The actor also shared the news about his Cancer diagnosis in interview with Today Show , he said that he had diagnosed with cancer five weeks ago .
” in that time I’ve had three surgeries, I’ve had chemo, I’ve lost a little bit of hair ” he said ” I kind of look like a baby bird now. “
” Things are tough all over ” star said as He noticed his swelling increased fast and his groin area increased to the size of a golf ball , doctor advised him for some taste like, PET and CT SCAN and as well as BIOPSY. “
The actor went for more testing for scared deases which gave him shocking news which changed her view of life.
” Three days later, my doctors called me back and they said, ‘ we wish we had a better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and it’s called B cell and it’s very aggressive ” he told.
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” I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming ” actor said ” this has been a really fast roller coaster ride of a journey. “
NHL or non-hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer which starts in white blood cells which also called lymphocytes and it’s part of our immune system. This is a common type of cancer, with approximately 4% of patients in counting, according to the American Cancer Society.
In the case of Coulier, he has ” B cell lymphoma ” which is very aggressive.
Coulier was home alone when he got bad news, when he awared his Melissa, that his cancer taste found positive, she said ” quite making jokes “.
But fortunately actor’s bone marrow taste gave him positive news that cancer not spread.
” at that point, my chances of curable went upto 90 percent plus, so it’s a treatable ” he said.
” Two weeks into his diagnosis, the actor immediately started chemotherapy, he shaved his head as a ” preemptive strike ” The actor revealed during podcast with ” Full house rewind “.
The actor have long history of scared deases, as ” he lost his mom to breast cancer, he lost his sister Sharon also to breast cancer as she was just 36. He loss his nieces Shannon, she was just 29. ” he said his older sister Karen also going through cancer alongside him.
The ” Detroit Conedy Jam ” star going to be a grandpa soon as his Son Luc, 33 and his wife Alex are expecting a baby boy due in March.
The actor went for one round of chemotherapy so far and second round coming soon this week. As he preemptively cutting his hair, which allowed him to wear a hockey helmet very easily, he joked.
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