Dave Coulier is now in remission, just two months after revealing his tongue cancer diagnosis.
Dave Coulier is rejoicing after a long struggle with his health. After fighting two distinct illnesses in quick succession, the Full House alum said that he is now officially in remission from both tongue cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“It's been a roller coaster ride for sure,” Dave stated in an interview with Good Morning America on February 4. "I'm in remission with both cancers. And what a journey this has been.”
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The 66-year-old feels that by sharing his story, he can "help people" after enduring two cancer battles in as many years.
“I never wanted to be the poster boy for cancer, believe me,” he stated. “But now I feel like I can encourage people to get those prostate exams and mammograms and just talk to your doctors and get ahead of this.”
Dave continued by emphasizing that his wife, Melissa Bring, whom he married in 2014, as well as the 33-year-old son Luc of him and his ex-girlfriend Jayne Modean, as well as his Full House co-stars like John Stamos, who kept him giggling, were all very helpful to him during his trip.
However, despite being on the losing side of his most recent conflict, the comedian acknowledged, “I feel like cancer is always in the rearview mirror behind me. It’s like, ‘Eh, are you trying to pass me here?’”
Thus, Dave thought to himself and to everyone else, “Early detection really means everything.”
Less than a year after disclosing his initial non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in November 2024, Dave revealed in December that he began receiving treatment for tongue cancer, which he at the time claimed was caused by HPV activating into carcinoma.
“It is a shock to the system,” at that moment, he told Today. “To go through chemotherapy and feel that relief of whoa, it’s gone, and then to get a test that says, well now you’ve got another kind of cancer.”
However, Dave made an effort to maintain perspective during what he described as a "really tough" few years.
“My joke usually is I’m doing really well for a guy with cancer,” he added. “The silver lining here is that I had cancer, which helped me detect my other cancer. It seems crazy to be making that statement, but it’s true.”