Has anyone else vet had lymph node “scarring” following a bad infection?

I am an otherwise health young male, a year ago i got a very bad viral infection. 101 degree fevers every night for two weeks until they put me on antibiotics, a long lingering cough that even produced blood (they did scan my chest to be sure i was okay) and extreme fatigue. Now whats odd is my lymph nodes never enlarged during the virus/infection itself but a week after stopping the antibiotics about 10 lymph nodes enlarged along the left side of my neck, both the left side under the ear all the way to the collar bone and along the left jugular more towards the front of the throat. Ultrasound shows the largest of these to be 8mm and most other 5-7mm. My doctor ran all kinds of blood work and i seen an ENT both did ultrasounds and said while slightly enlarged and a decent amount of them they showed no concerning characteristics. I continued to worry so they did a FNA biopsy of one not palpable but the largest under my jaw and it came back completely clear. So i was told that rules out pretty much everything besides a slow growing lymphoma. However they did say they think my nodes are more likely scarred. I guess following a battle with something nasty nodes can remain somewhat permanently enlarged. I know no one else who has ever had that and was just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience?

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