I am a 24 year old male. I have been having something resembling globus symptoms for almost 6 months. In May, after a particularly stressful period I began to develop a very moderate general pain in my arm pits. There are no palpable lumps whatsoever. I check daily. The weird thing is that the pain seems to come and go at random. However, I notice that when I am lifting weights I can feel the pain. I stopped lifting weights for over a week thinking it was a muscular problem, however, the pain would come and go as it had before. The weirdest thing is that whenever I was done washing my armpits in the shower, I feel this rubbing of my armpit skin that feels like it is swollen or something. However, there is no visible sign of swelling. So, after freaking out reading about lymphoma I went to my GP. He felt around and said he had no idea what was going on. Well, it has been over a month and I still have it coming and going. I have constant throat issues, so I went to the ENT and he said I just happen to have huge tonsils that don't look infected or worrisome. He prescribed me some generic prilosec because it looks like I have some acid reflux affecting my larynx. The globus sensation is now gone, but I still feel my tonsils and my voice is still slightly weaker than usual. My questions are as follows: What could be causing the armpit discomfort? Are the arm pit and throat feelings related? Should I push to have my tonsils removed, and if so, would this make anything better? Any advice you have on next steps would be helpful. As for my thyroid I had two post hemorrhagic cysts and the doctor would just like to monitor their development over the next few months with a follow up sonogram.