 [ Symptoms ] can poison ivy rash return same place after 2 months  rash returned same places on arms after 2 months since had first rash  have not been any where near any plants no pets to come in contact with poison ivy any one ever hear of this happening [ Disease ] congratulations to your husband on successfully completing treatment for his non hodgkin is lymphoma nhl that is terrific there are many types of nhl and a couple of different types of remission status let me see if i can help clarify these things nhl often is grouped into aggressive and indolent non aggressive categories both types of nhl can be treated but the treatment is tailored to the severity of symptoms both of these types of nhl can go into remission remission means the lymphoma has been eliminated entirely or reduced substantially the former is called complete remission and the latter is called partial remission  the chance of nhl coming back depends on whether the disease was aggressive or indolent and whether it is now in complete or partial remission the disease may never return or it may come back at any time in the future that is the frustrating thing about cancers we can not predict when or if they will show up again even after they have been treated indolent nhl that is in complete remission has a lower risk of coming back in the future aggressive nhl that is in partial remission carries a higher risk of coming back this chart goes over some risk factors that influence whether or not nhl in remission may recur come back the best thing to do is talk to your husband is doctor about his prognosis and what to do to try to keep the nhl from returning meanwhile celebrate the fact your husband successfully beat his cancer at least for the moment