update
The labs came back and everything is fine. The lymph nodes were just inflammed.
I'm still hurting, but just surgical pain. It's soon to say, but think the other pain I've had for so long is finally gone. The wound is just in a very difficult place...right in the crease where my belly meets my groin, right under that excess skin...I don't know what to do about that! I've had a small fever all week, but the doc isn't worried at this point, just said I should take Tylenol for it.
So...doing ok!
Lisa