I am a female and over this past summer I have had strep throat three times. I have no tonsils and the strep seemed to leave with two different antibiotics. However, recently, I have started to feel as if I have a lump in the right side of my throat, almost as if something is stuck there. It is hard to swallow, and I often fear I might choke. My throat looks normal, yet the feeling wouldn t go away and doesn t feel like strep again. What else could this be? I thought it could be acid reflux but taking any acid reflux medication does not solve the problem. This issue has been keeping me up at night and causing me to not want to eat.