Dave Coulier shared the news amid his ongoing treatment for stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, saying “it’s been a bit of an adjustment” to not have hair.
“I feel good. My hair hadn’t grown back at that time,” he said Full house The alum, 65, told co-host Marla Sokoloff on the Jan. 10 episode of their podcast, Full House Rewind.
“I understand how hot that hair makes you,” said Coulier, who was undergoing chemotherapy as part of his treatment for blood cancer. “It’s a little cold here in Michigan where I am.”
“That’ll come in handy over the summer, I guess. It’s like a little air conditioner on your head,” joked Sokoloff, 44, prompting the comic to riff, “But then you have to make sure you put on sunscreen.”
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“I don’t know if I’m going to let it grow, like, super long to kind of make up for it,” Coulier said with a laugh. “It will be nice to have hair again.”
His comment prompted Sokoloff to refer to a meme she saw that read: “‘If your nose isn’t running right now, appreciate it.’ Because once your nose starts running, you forget how wonderful it is to be healthy. And I’m sure it’s a similar feeling you get when you ask, ‘Did I value my health when I had it?’ ”
“I wish I just had a runny nose,” he said. “It was kind of a roller coaster ride. Various effects. And people who watch the show or listen to the show, who have been here before, know that it’s a rollercoaster, because side effects have side effects — and then you take medicine to prevent this and this and that. So it’s this constant cocktail where your body is in fight or flight mode and you’re just trying to adapt to, like, ‘Okay, how do I adapt to steroids? How do I adapt to the chemo cocktail? And then, how do I adapt to all these other things?’ ”
“You know, your body is in a fight. It’s a bit of an internal battle,” he said.
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Dave Coulier in “Full House” in 1993.
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But, Coulier added, “I’ve heard from so many people, Marla, who have been affected by cancer in their lives. And, you know, the words of encouragement have, I think, really helped people. So that, in my opinion, is worth the journey through all of this.”
“If I have to feel a little misunderstood for a few months, so be it,” he concluded. “But just being able to alert people that it’s OK to go for a colonoscopy or early screenings or mammograms, it’s really worth it.”
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