Should I be worried about Lymphoma?

[terrazayess]

For several months (nearing on a year, actually) I've had a severe decline in health and considering my age (about to be 25) that seemed a little odd. We'll skip past the boring months of not getting any answers for any symptoms and head to what brought me here.

I was treated for cellulitis by an ER doc when this pain in my back was so bad after coughing it brought me to my knees. I showed them my swollen lymph node that had been persisting for several months and spoke of the other symptoms. They checked my urine for kidney stones, but when they wasn't present they found a mild UTI and the presence of cellulitis in the crease between my groin and leg. So, they gave me bactrim and muscle relaxers for my back (they had no clue about that) and told me follow up with a GP for the lymph node if it hadn't gone down after the antibiotic treatment. (the cellulitis is completely cleared and not a problem anymore)

That was 2 months ago. I went to the doc today and followed up about it, mentioned my other symptoms (terrible night sweats, missed period last month, a persistent cough in the morning & at night, chest pains, constant dizziness) (no more bruises and I've gained 10lbs of the 30lbs I had suddenly lost bcz I'm working out now)

She checked my neck and breathing, stomach etc, and noted the "2cm mass, suspected LN" that was visible & she felt-  and became a lot more vague and quiet after that. We scheduled an ultrasound for my pelvic wall which is tomorrow and took a bunch of blood and some urine. Said they were doing a CBC, CRP, (some others I can't remember), checking for TB (bcz of the night sweats) and my urine to test my kidney function.

So.....to my question....I know my symptoms are close to that with lymphoma...but I don't think I took that very seriously until today...with the manner my doc ordered all the tests and her instance at seeing me back to go over results kinda shook me a little. Should I be worried? Are they just doing due diligence and I'm just too nervous? What else could she be looking for?

[Ken_PA]

Hi, you are correct that they had to eliminate lymphoma as a cause. Your sonogram seems to have accomplished exactly that. But can you post the text of the report to show exactly what it says?

As for what is causing your symptoms, the cellulitis resolved from the antibiotic but that bacteria might have spread. Or caused a vulnerability that let some other pathogen get a foothold, in the way that a viral pneumonia can pave the way for a bacterial pneumonia. What is said by your CBCs?

[terrazayess]

Update: My labs and ultrasound came back normal. They told me to just monitor the LN and if it doesn't go down than we can have it surgically removed. Ultrasound showed enlargement but no abnormalities. So that's AWESOME.
Still wonder what's causing my night sweats, dizziness, and chest pains. :/