Dave Coulier’s Cancer Battle in His Own Words: From His Diagnosis to Now
David Livingston/Getty Images Since going public with his Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in November 2024, Dave Coulier has been candid about his illness, treatment and prognosis. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the patient’s lymphatic system, with “white blood cells called lymphocytes [that] grow abnormally and can form growths (tumors) throughout the body,” according to the Mayo Clinic . With his wife Melissa Bring by his side, Coulier has relied on his doctors’ “very specific plan for how they were going to treat” the cancer. “That was really a conscious decision of, I’m going to meet this head-on, and I want people to know it’s my life,” Coulier explained in a November 2024 episode of his “Full House Rewind” podcast after he revealed his diagnosis. “I’m not going to try and hide anything. I would rather talk about it and open the discussion and inspire people.” Coulier’s treatment is ongoing, with the plan after his diagnosis being for him to ...