First off, happy to join this forum, I am 17 with Anxiety Disorder and OCD, and feel like this is a pretty supportive group of people.
I first noticed an enlarged lymph node on my groin a over a year ago, but suspect it has been there longer, as I only found it after checking to see if I have any hernias (out of OCD). I didn't think much of it, and forgot about it for a while, until this October. I read something about lymphoma online, and remembered my node from last year. I checked it, and it was still there, no difference in size. I was panicking, and checked for more, and ended up find a few more enlarged nodes near that one, all palpable, painless, soft and no bigger than 2cm.
My parents said that they are probably left over from a horrible infection that I had in my knee back in 2015, that was so bad that I needed to stay in a hospital for almost a whole night with IV antibiotics. The first antibiotic pills that they gave me didn't work, and they had to switch them after a few days. My lymph nodes, the same ones that are enlarged now, were also huge and very painful the whole time I had this. My whole groin still feels lumpy, mainly on the side that had the infection before. I remember my groin area feeling lumpy for at least two years, and probably longer though, never thinking much of it. While my parents say that it is normal, and probably just leftover permanent swelling from my bad infection over three years ago, I personally am convinced I have lymphoma.
I don't have any b symptoms, I have never had night sweats and I easily can ride a bike 30 miles on any given day, so not much fatigue. I have been very skinny my whole life though, with not much body fat (which my dad says is why I can probably feel lymph nodes), a fast metabolism and a lot of exercise, but haven't lost any weight. Some nights I won't go to bed until 2am though, having panic attacks about lymphoma and reading about it on Google.
I will bring this up next time I got to the doctor, though I can't stand the thought of needles, or worse, them saying that I have cancer.
How high do you think my chances of having lymphoma are?
Thanks!