Dave Coulier, best known for his role as Joey Gladstone on ‘Full House,’ has announced that he has stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Coulier, 65, said he was diagnosed in October after suffering from an upper respiratory infection caused by severe swelling in his lymph nodes.

“Three days later, my doctors called me back and said, ‘We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, it’s called B-cell and it’s very aggressive,'” he told People .

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Dave Coulier starred in “Full House” alongside the late Bob Saget, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

“I went from having a little cold to having cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming,” he added. “This has really been a fast roller coaster ride of a journey.”

According to the American Cancer Society, B-cell lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in B lymphocytes. B-cell lymphomas account for the vast majority of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. More than 80,000 Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma each year.

Dave Coulier said he had difficulty sharing the news with his wife Melissa Coulier. (Getty Images)

“The first thing I said to them was: ‘Wait a minute, cancer?’” Coulier said on the “Today” show. “(I felt) like I was punched in the stomach because it never happens to you. You always hear about it happening to someone else.”

Coulier said he had difficulty sharing the news with his wife, Melissa Coulier.

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“I just thought, ‘How am I going to tell her?’” he says. “When I told her, of course she thought I was joking.”

Melissa “organized (his) entire life, from nutrition to the doctor’s appointments to the pills.”

“She has color-coded stuff,” he added. “It’s pretty amazing.”

Dave Coulier, best known for his role as Uncle Joey in ‘Full House,’ has announced that he has stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. (Getty Images)

Coulier revealed that he started chemotherapy two weeks after his diagnosis. The comedian took a “preemptive strike” and decided to shave his head, according to the “Full House Rewind” podcast.

The ‘Full House’ star has been in good spirits since his devastating diagnosis.

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from left to right, Dave Coulier (Joey), Bob Saget (Danny), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie), Mary Kate Olsen (Michelle), Candace Cameron (DJ), Andrea Barber (Kimmy), Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit (Nicky), Lori Loughlin (Rebecca), Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit (Alex), John Stamos (Jesse). (Photo by Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

“My joke is that I went from a Virgo to a Cancer in four short weeks,” he told Today. “I’ve tried to keep a sense of reality, but also a sense of humor.”

“I told Melissa I don’t know why, but I’m fine with whatever the news is, no matter how devastating it will be. I can’t explain where that comes from,” he said. “I’ve had an incredible life. I’ve had the most amazing people in my life. This has been an extraordinary journey, and I’m okay with this being the end of the journey.”

Coulier played alongside The the late Bob SagetJohn Stamos, Lori Loughlin, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The show ran for eight seasons, from 1987 to 1995.

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