Dave Coulier’s spouse is getting candid about his most cancers analysis.
The “Full House” star’s vital different, Melissa Deliver, shared that his chemotherapy is getting “a little tougher” with every therapy.
“He has some really tough days, and as the chemo has been accumulating it gets a little tougher and more difficult,” Deliver mentioned in an interview with WXYZ printed on Thursday.
Regardless of the uphill battle, Deliver mentioned Coulier, 65, is preserving a optimistic outlook and utilizing humor to assist him by means of.
“He has such a positive attitude, and you need that in order to really fight it,” she acknowledged. “Every morning, if he’s feeling up for it, we try to put on a song and do a little dance party with the dogs, because when you do feel good, you have to celebrate that too.”
Coulier’s spouse mentioned his energy is “just innately in him,” noting he’s misplaced a number of particular members of the family to most cancers.
“He has had a lot of loss in his life when it comes to having to deal with cancer. He lost his mother, his sister, his niece. His other sister had it,” Deliver shared. “I think for him, he takes every stride and really pulls strength from seeing the women that were so close in his life to powering through it, and he just wants to honor them.”
In November, the “Fuller House” alum revealed he had been recognized with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma after recognizing a big lump in his groin.
“It swelled up immediately,” he mentioned on the “Today” present. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’m either really sick, or my body’s really reacting to something.’”
Coulier shared that the analysis got here as a shock.
“The first thing I said to them was, ‘Wait a minute — cancer?’” he recalled. “(I was) feeling like I got punched in the stomach because it never happens to you. You always hear about it happening to someone else.”
The actor had already began chemotherapy and shaved his head when he introduced his analysis.
Coulier’s household, mates and followers rallied round him — together with John Stamos, who confronted backlash when he sported a bald cap to “show solidarity” along with his “Full House” co-star.
Coulier instantly defended his buddy.
“I’m sorry to see a bunch of negative comments as I’ve just begun my cancer journey,” the star wrote in an Instagram assertion.
“It’s our friendship (me and John) and this is how we are handling a very tough time,” he continued. “I’m a comedian and humor is what drives me. John knows how to cheer me up and I laughed out loud when he arrived wearing a bald cap — being a true loving friend and brother.”
Coulier is anticipated to complete chemo therapy in February.
