After Beating Lymphoma, James Conner Might Be the NFL's Most Inspirational Story
Conner on chemotherapy
When his 2015 season was over, Conner spent the following months undergoing chemotherapy treatments. He said, “I mean, no chemo sessions are fun — they last nearly the entire day, and they make you throw up. They’re never something you’d enjoy. But treatment six — the halfway point of a 12-session course of treatments — that’s when things really got tough. I’m not going to say that I wanted to die right before receiving treatment six, because I wasn’t ready to leave this earth. But I definitely remember sitting in that green leather hospital chair, waiting for the nurse to mix up the chemo batch, and thinking, I do not want to be here right now. I wanted to get away, away from … everything. And I just kind of went numb — my entire body, numb. It was a sensation like no other I’ve ever experienced.”