‘Full House’ star Dave Coulier reveals ‘very aggressive’ cancer diagnosis

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Full House star Dave Coulier has been diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, revealing that he first noticed his symptoms last month when he came down with a cold.“Five weeks ago I was diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. And in that time, I’ve had three surgeries, I’ve had chemo, I’ve lost a little bit of hair,” the 65-year-old told NBC’s Today on Wednesday.“I kind of look like a little baby bird now, but it has been a roller-coaster ride for sure.”Coulier explained that when he fell sick last month he was surprised to discover a golf ball-sized lump in his groin that swelled up out of nowhere.

He said he’d noticed enlarged lymph nodes in his armpits and neck during past respiratory infections, but this was different.“It swelled up immediately,” Coulier told Today. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’m either really sick, or my body’s really reacting to something.’”His doctor recommended CT and PET scans, along with a biopsy, and within days of the testing, he received an unfortunate call.“Three days later, my doctors called me back and they said, ‘We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin lymphoma and it’s called B cell and it’s very aggressive,’” he recalled to People.“I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming,” he says.