“Full House” star Dave Coulier is cancer free, a representative for the actor confirmed to People magazine. Coulier announced in November that he had been diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. His “Full House” co-star Candace Cameron Bure celebrated his new health milestone on Instagram.
“DAVE IS CANCER FREE!!!! Join me in celebrating this AMAZING news,” Bure wrote on social media while sharing a photo of herself with Coulier. “Let’s shower him with all the love in the world!”
Coulier first revealed his cancer diagnosis while speaking to Hoda Kotb on “Today” show. He revealed he found out about the cancer five weeks prior to the interview and had already undergone three surgeries. Coulier began chemotherapy immediately after discovering the cancer was Stage 3.
“You hear chemo, and it scares the daylights out of you,” he said at the time. “The first round was pretty intense because you don’t know what to expect. You don’t know how you’re going to feel. Is this going to hit me immediately? Is it going to be devastating? Am I going to walk out of here?”
A few hours before it was announced that Coulier was cancer free, Parade magazine published a cover story with the “Full House” actor where he spoke frankly about his cancer battle. He spoke about finishing chemotherapy in February and the tolls it took on his health.
“The symptoms were getting worse and worse with each treatment,” he explained. “So neuropathy, which I hadn’t experienced before, started to increase. Nausea started to increase. Dizziness started to increase. They call it chemo brain, where you’re a bit foggy — that started to increase. My days of being able to get up and walk around and be active started to decrease.”
Coulier’s wife, Melissa, also told the magazine that the couple started to have “what if” conversations amid his struggles with treatment, explaining: “After [the fifth round of] chemo, he was like, ‘I don’t know if I could do this again.’ 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.”