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Full House star Dave Coulier – known as Uncle Joey to generations – has announced he’s battling stage 3 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. The 65-year-old actor was diagnosed in October 2024 after he had an upper respiratory infection that caused some major swelling in some lymph nodes. Keep reading to find out more… He underwent a biopsy, a CT scan, and a PET scan to further investigate, and got the diagnosis a few days later. “Three days later, my doctors called me back and they said, ‘We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and it’s called B cell and it’s very aggressive,’” Dave told People. He continued, “I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming. This has been a really fast roller coaster ride of a journey.” Luckily, a bone marrow test came back negative, indicating his chances for recovery are much higher. “At that point, my chances of curable went from something low to 90% range. And so that was a great day,” Dave said. Dave is now undergoing chemotherapy, and shaved his head preemptively. He continued, “When I first got the news, I was stunned, of course, because I didn’t expect it, and then reality settled in and I found myself remarkably calm with whatever the outcome was going to be. I don’t know how to explain it, but there was an inner calm about all of it, and I think that that’s part of what I’ve seen with the women in my family go through. They really instilled that in me and inspired me in a way because they were magnificent going through what they went through, and I just thought, ‘I’m okay with this too.’ I’ve had an incredible life on a journey with incredible people around me and I’m okay. It does change perspective for sure.” We’re wishing Dave all the best as he goes through treatment, and are hoping for a quick recovery!
