I am non-hodgkins lymphoma patient. I ended my initial treatment over a year ago and now am feeling these weird "bumps" around my knees and in the front of my feet. I am concerned of  a possible recurrence. What is the possiblity that lymph nodes that were not the original site of the infection of my cancer now be infected and me have a recurrance of my cancer?
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Lymphoma is a malignancy of the lymphatic system and might affect any region of the body. If you are having lumps in different areas of the body then please consult your doctor immediately and get a complete clinical examination done. Recurrence of cancer is more common if there are lumps in various places. It will be important to do an assessment of the entire body by imaging methods like ultrasound scan abdomen and CT scan of the chest to be sure that other groups of lymph nodes or the spleen is affected or not. Bacterial infection will usually give rise to acute signs of inflammation. It is unlikely that you have an infection if there are no features of inflammation.