Dave Coulier has shared a health update while addressing online users who’ve commented on changes to his voice and physical appearance.
The Full House star took to Instagram on Thursday, where he told his followers that “what you’re seeing is the uncomfortable side effects of intensive radiation that I went through for carcinoma in my throat.”
“Hi everyone, it’s me, Dave, and I haven’t posted in quite some time and the last time I did a few of you said that I look in another way and I sound in another way, and I do,” he began. “And what you’re seeing is the uncomfortable side effects of intensive radiation that I went through for carcinoma in my throat.”
Coulier announced he was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Nov. 2024, later revealing in December that he had been diagnosed with p16 squamous carcinoma at the bottom of his tongue. The second diagnosis arrived a 12 months after he finished treatment for lymphoma.
Coulier continued, “I haven’t been in a position to eat solid food in months, and so I’ve lost 45 kilos, that’s what you’re seeing. And it’s affected my ability to talk; a few of you’ve said that I sound in another way. So that you’re right on with what you’re seeing and what you’re hearing.”
The actor shared a positive health update, explaining he’d recently had PET scans, and that the “prognosis looks good for each the carcinoma in my throat and the lymphoma, so we’re more than happy with all of that.”
Roughly three months ago, Coulier appeared on Good Morning America, where he revealed he was in remission after undergoing surgery for tongue cancer, following additional treatment he received for his stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
“It’s been a roller coaster ride obviously,” he said on the tv program. “I’m in remission with each cancers. And what a journey this has been.”