Dave Coulier ‘OK’ With Idea of Death Following His Cancer Diagnosis

Dave Coulier has made peace with the truth that this “may very well be the tip” following his most cancers analysis.

The 65-year-old actor, who’s greatest recognized for starring as Joey Gladstone on the traditional ABC sitcom Full Home, not too long ago introduced that he’s affected by stage three non-Hodgkin lymphoma however has already an “unimaginable life” so has come to phrases with the thought of dying.

He informed Immediately.com: “I informed Melissa I don’t know why, however I [am] OK with regardless of the information [is] going to be regardless of how devastating. I can’t clarify the place that got here from.

“I’ve had an unimaginable life. I’ve had essentially the most wonderful folks in my life. This has been a unprecedented journey, and I’m OK if that is the tip of the journey.”

However when Dave first obtained the information that he was affected by the illness, he admitted that it felt like he had been “punched within the abdomen” and had by no means imagined it truly occurring to him.

“The very first thing I stated to them was, ‘Wait a minute — most cancers?’ I used to be feeling like I bought punched within the abdomen as a result of it by no means occurs to you. You all the time hear about it occurring to another person.”

Dave was identified with the type of blood most cancers in October after an higher respiratory an infection led to swelling in his lymph nodes, and medics instantly carried out PET and CT scans and a biopsy.

The Surreal Life star, who was beforehand married to Jayne Modean and has 24-year-old son Luc together with her however has now been married to Melissa Convey for a decade, underwent a take a look at to test for most cancers cells inside his bone marrow and when that got here again detrimental, he felt a flash of optimism as his probabilities of survival elevated.

He stated: “All of us sort of put our heads collectively and stated, ‘Okay, the place are we going?’ And so they had a really particular plan for the way they had been going to deal with this. At that time, [when the test came back negative] my probabilities of curable went from one thing low to 90 p.c vary. And in order that was an important day.”

Dave began chemotherapy two weeks after his analysis and shaved his head as a “preemptive strike” so he may deal with the entire ordeal “head-on.”

Talking on the Full Home Rewind podcast, he informed co-host Marla Sokoloff: “I began the podcast sporting a hat, and I stated, I’ve all the time been a person of many hats, however this hat has particular significance as a result of a few weeks in the past, I used to be identified with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“That was actually a aware choice of, I’m going to fulfill this head-on, and I would like folks to comprehend it’s my life. I’m not going to attempt to conceal something. I might somewhat speak about it and open the dialogue and encourage folks.”