Hard lymph node in groin for two months????

Well this may take long, but I am very nervous. So please bare with me... Well it all started on November 13, 2009 I noticed I had a sharp pain down by my pelvic area in between my thigh. So I went to check it, and it was a hard knot there the size of an ingrown hair. It wasn't at surface, I could feel it under the skin. So I didn't think anything of it. Until the next day the pain became more intense. so not only did I feel the knot, the whole area on the outside was swollen. Even the left side of my vagina. That freaked me out so I went to urgent care. The doc there said it looked as though it was a hernia. He orderd an ultrasound and put me on light duty from work. That Tuesday came for the ultrasound, and the tech seemed a lil suspiscious. Two days later I get a call from the doc saying I had swollen nodes. He prescribed me ciproflaxcin 500mg. By this time the pain and swelling had went away but the hard knot was still there. I made a appt in the mean time with my primary to follow-up. I went in to see her she checked me, and told me that it could be inflammed nodes or neoplastic etiology. That freaked me out. She referred me to a surgeon but the appt wasn't until Jan 8th. I freaked out even more, but she said that it was ok becuse she really wanted me to see him. So now the next step is a biopsy??? Has anyone had the same problem like me????  Advice please, I am scared. Oh and i got blood work done it came back normal, and an x-ray of my chest came back normal....

[Ken_PA]

hi, these things are *usually* not cancer. That's why docs don't get excited about them, they know the odds.

In the end, a biopsy is the only way to know for sure. I'd guess they'll do a resection, which means they remove the whole thing. That gives a great big sample size, so there should be no doubt about the results. I'd look at it more as the chance to prove that it's NOT really bad, rather than that it is something really bad (e.g., lympoma).

And lymphoma is usually not accompanied by pain, so you have that going for you, too. Pain is usually from immune related swelling.