We know him as the nice and reasonable uncle of The House Partyalongside John Stamos, Uncle Jesse, the ultra-cool hunk, and daddy hen Danny Tanner, played by the late Bob Saget. But Dave Coulier showed another face, almost thirty years after the end of the first broadcast of the essential family series.
With a shaved head, the 65-year-old actor explained to People having consulted in October after noticing significant swelling of his lymph nodes following an upper respiratory tract infection. In other words, a big cold. However, on the advice of his doctor, the actor underwent a battery of examinations.
The bone marrow test carried out turns out to be negative
“Three days later, my doctors called me back and said, 'We wish we had better news for you, but you have B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is very aggressive,'” recalls the star, who falls from a height. “I went from “I have a little cold” to “I have cancer”. That's a lot. »
Fortunately, some good news surfaced amidst these emotional waves: the bone marrow test performed was negative. “At that point, my chances of recovery went from low to 90%,” continues Dave Coulier. And behind the one who is married to the photographer Melissa Bring, the ranks are closing. “We all agreed and said, 'Okay, where are we going?' And they had a very specific plan for how they were going to deal with the situation,” he said.
“I love you and I will always be by your side”
Actor John Stamos did not fail to react to the news of this cancer with a series of photos testifying to their close complicity at the time of the series posted on Instagram, as well as these words: “my brother since first day. I love you and I will always be by your side. »
The actor has already undergone chemotherapy, started shortly after the diagnosis, and a first treatment of the six planned. “Some days I feel nauseous and dizzy, and others the steroids kick in and I feel like I have a ton of energy,” he concedes. His shaved head? The star confided that she used it preventatively.
