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HOUSTON -- Texans offensive tackle David Quessenberry is in remission from non-Hodgkin T lymphoblastic lymphoma, having completed an aggressive series of chemotherapy treatments followed by radiation therapy.  "I'm back into it," Quessenberry said. "We're training every day. We're enjoying this offseason time. I'm just using every day to get back to where I was before it happened. I know it's not going to take a week or a month, but hopefully in time I can get back to that point. .. Every day I feel myself getting stronger. Feel myself getting better." Quessenberry will now undergo a 30-month maintenance period that will include lower doses of chemotherapy, but that might not preclude a return to the field. Quessenberry told reporters at an event at Texas Children's Hospital that he hopes to play football in 2015. After experiencing a persistent cough and shortness of breath during minicamp practices, Quessenberry was diagnosed with the illness in June. Doctors found a mass in his lungs and enough fluid built up that he could have died had they not acted when they did. The Texans put him on their non-football illness list, keeping him as part of the organization through his treatments. He began chemotherapy treatments almost immediately, including an experimental treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Quessenberry completed some of his rounds of treatment in San Diego. Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year, took to Twitter to express his excitement over the news that Quessenberry's lymphoma is in remission.
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