Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James told a media outlet that a scare from cancer earlier in the year was “nerve-racking” and had him very nervous for a few days.

James had to wait for biopsy results in January after physicians at the Cleveland Clinic found a growth in the right side of his jaw. He said that doctors didn’t think it was cancer but had to make sure.

His family was on edge as well. James says he was so happy the season was on, so he could focus on the game of basketball.

It turned out that it was a benign growth. James had surgery to remove it in June, a few days after the Cavaliers’ season ended.

He says the week of bed rest following the operation was some of the best sleep he’s ever had.

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