swollen lymph node in left groin painful. Went to er and they did sonogram and dr said have to give you a cat scan. They thought either a hernia or abcess. So took cat scan and they detect a swollen lymph node in left groin that was so sore and painful. gave me perscriptson for it and pain killers. went to see my dr in 2 days and she said looks like a abcess so she refer me to a speciallist and i had my cat scan with me and he looked and took a sample of the blood because ther was no pus and sent off and it was no growth. And its not cancerous. But when it goes down more they are going to surgery remove it. Because it will come back. When you lift heavy things it will flare back up. but if you had what i had of the groin lymph node its not cancerous and your fine. I just want to know how does the surgery go and how long in hospital and all that good stuff goes.