In an interview with PEOPLE, revealed on Wednesday, the actor revealed he was recognized with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in October.

The 65-year-old recalled that he realized about his prognosis when an higher respiratory an infection resulted in swelling in his lymph nodes. Coulier mentioned the swelling turned extra extreme, sharing that one space grew to the dimensions of a golf ball. After he subsequently underwent PET and CT scans and a biopsy, he was instructed it was most cancers.

“Three days later, my medical doctors referred to as me again and so they mentioned, ‘We want we had higher information for you, however you may have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and it is referred to as B cell and it’s extremely aggressive,’” he recalled.

“I went from, I acquired a little bit little bit of a head chilly to I’ve most cancers, and it was fairly overwhelming,” he added. “This has been a very quick curler coaster trip of a journey.”

Whereas talking with PEOPLE, Coulier shared that he relayed the information of his prognosis to his Full Home costars in a gaggle textual content message. In response to the actor, the group chat included John Stamos, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Scott Weinger, Candace Cameron Bure, sequence creator Jeff Franklin, together with Lori Loughlin.

“I did not need them to listen to it from another person, so I despatched a textual content message out,” he recalled, telling PEOPLE that the solid replied “instant[ly]” and despatched messages of help.

“It was simply this outpouring of, ‘I can be there. You simply identify the time, and I do know you are in nice arms with Mel, however what can we do?’ Coulier mentioned. “It truly is overwhelming the love that we’ve got for one another. We have been there for thus a few years for one another and it is fairly exceptional.”

As followers know, Coulier and his Full Home costars have gone by robust occasions collectively up to now couple of years, leaning on one another within the wake of Bob Saget’s tragic passing. The late actor — who, in fact, starred as Tanner household patriarch, Danny Tanner, died in January 2022 on the age of 65.

“I believe we worth not solely our lives collectively, however we worth our lives,” Coulier instructed PEOPLE. “We worth these good occasions and the optimistic moments that we have gotten to share. And I believe that that spills over to different folks, and it is simply optimistic. There’s not many negatives after I’m with that group of individuals. It is actually simply laughter and positivity, and we respect a lot what we’ve got in our lives and the folks round us.”

Coulier revealed that Stamos, specifically, is planning on visiting him as he continues to bear chemotherapy.

“I can not look ahead to him to go to, Nov. 15, I get a chemo therapy. Nov. 16, John’s going to be right here,” he shared. “He goes, ‘If you wish to simply sleep, I will simply sit by you or if you wish to take heed to music or simply discuss, no matter.’ And I am identical to, ‘Wow. That is like a brother. That is simply really a brother.’”

Stamos additionally confirmed his help for Coulier on social media, sharing a heartwarming put up on Instagram.

Alongside a sequence of images of them collectively over time, Stamos wrote, “My brother from day 1. Love you @dcoulier and I’ll be by your aspect by all of it.”

In the meantime, on Wednesday’s episode of his Full Home Rewind podcast, Coulier mentioned his prognosis, and shared that he was watching the TV sequence for the primary time, calling the present “video consolation meals.”

“I by no means watched Full Home,” he mentioned, sharing that he now “perceive[s]” why the present is so liked. “I get it. I perceive why children liked it a lot, why households liked it a lot, and why it is grow to be so cross-generational. It is actually acquired fantastic parts for teenagers and households.”

Coulier added that the present’s messages of doing one of the best you’ll be able to and treating others with “love and respect” notably resonated with him.

“I did not perceive that a lot once we have been really doing the present as a result of it was so intense doing 192 episodes, however I get it now” he defined. “I can really be a lot extra goal having a son going by household moments, going by elevating a baby. It simply all is sensible to me. Now, I am like, ‘Oh, now I see what was within the Kool-Help. I get it.”

Full Home ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995. It was adopted by the sequel sequence Fuller Home, which streamed on Netflix from 2016 to 2002.

Whereas showing on the In the present day present on Thursday, Coulier recalled how he first instructed his spouse, Melissa, in regards to the information, and the way she reacted.

“I used to be simply considering, ‘How do I inform her?’” he mentioned. “After I instructed her, in fact, she thought I used to be joking.”

Coulier — who married Melissa in 2014 — added that after his spouse realized that he was not, actually, making a joke, she “organized [his] whole life, from diet to the physician’s appointments to the tablets.”

Whereas ready for the outcomes of a bone marrow pattern to be taught what stage of most cancers he had, Coulier mentioned already accepted the information — no matter it was going to be.

“I instructed Melissa I do not know why, however I [am] OK with regardless of the information [is] going to be irrespective of how devastating. …. I can not clarify the place that got here from,” he mentioned. “I’ve had an unbelievable life. I’ve had probably the most wonderful folks in my life. This has been a rare journey, and I am OK if that is the tip of the journey.”

Elsewhere in his interview with PEOPLE, Coulier additionally spoke about how his household has been a type of help for him amid his most cancers journey. He additionally recalled that it was notably troublesome to inform his son Luc, 33, about his prognosis, sharing that his son’s spouse is pregnant — and he’ll grow to be a grandfather for the primary time.

Coulier mentioned Luc’s spouse Alex is anticipating a child boy and is due in March, sharing that he is set to complete his chemo therapies in February.

“There’s so much to stay up for [in the next few months],” he mentioned, noting that he is excited to share his hobbies together with his grandson, particularly aviation and hockey.

“You discuss an apple not falling removed from the tree. My son Luc performs hockey three days per week. I used to take him up flying with me when he was a child, and now he is a pilot for FedEx,” Coulier mentioned of Luc.