Dave Coulier was ‘prepared’ to die amid stage 3 cancer treatment

Dave Coulier is getting candid about his health struggles since being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.

The “Full House” alum, who revealed he was battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma in November of 2024, says that he thought about the possibility of his death.

“I think everybody’s mind goes there,” he told Parade. “It’s part of the reality of life. Like, ‘Wow, this is really serious’ and ‘What’s the worst that could happen?’ I’ve seen it so often in my family.”

The 65-year-old actor and wife Melissa had many “what if” conversations while he was having issues with his chemo treatment. “After [the fifth round of] chemo, he was like, ‘I don’t know if I could do this again,’” Melissa revealed. “He was like, ‘I’m prepared either way. If I die, I die. And if I can stay here, great. I want to.’ Those conversations were obviously so tough.”

In February, Coulier completed chemotherapy but admits the significant impact it had on his body.  “The symptoms were getting worse and worse with each treatment,” he explained. “So neuropathy, which I hadn’t experienced before, started to increase. Nausea started to increase. Dizziness started to increase. They call it chemo brain, where you’re a bit foggy — that started to increase. My days of being able to get up and walk around and be active started to decrease.”

“Some days, I just didn’t want to do anything,” he said. “Though I wanted to move around and go out and, you know, work around the house, I just couldn’t. There was so much cancer-related fatigue that got progressively worse and worse and worse, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is how it’s going to go.’”

However, a recent updated biopsy shows that Coulier now has no sign of cancer. The actor now awaits the results of a CAT scan to confirm that he is in the clear.

Coulier says he’s hoping to ring the bell at the hospital soon to mark a cancer-negative scan. “Today is the first day that I really feel like, ‘Wow, I’m feeling pretty darn good. I feel like myself.”