Hello new member with throat lump caused by Gerd!

Hello I am new here. I have recently been diagnosed with Gerd! In September I went to the ER with terrible stomach pains. I thought I was dying. They gave me the test when you swallow the liquid and then they take the pics. Came back as a hiatal hernia and Gerd. I am a diet coke junkie and love my 2 cups of coffee a day. Lost my job a few years ago and went from being 135 to 235 lbs. I was an avid weight lifter but got into a rut and gained all this weight! 2 weeks ago I was eating and my last swallow poof There was the lump! I really was not watching my diet the way I should have been either. Went to my ent and he put that scope down my nose into my throat and saw nothing. I told him I was diagnosed with Gerd. He then put me on Zantac 150 mil 2 x a day. I have now stopped all diet coke coffee and cleaned up my diet. My question is how long until this lump goes away? It's been 2 weeks now!

Wow I will! I have found that I have no problems at night when I'm laying down. It's as if it almost goes away .Then I wake up and within an hour it's back. Some days are worse then others but it has gotten better then when I first got it the day before Thanksgiving. I didn't even have to swallow and I cold feel the lump . I told my husband that if it did not go away by January 2nd I would go to his Gastro Dr. The weird thing is when I have water or skim milk the lump feeling bothers me really bad. When I eat boiled potatoes or have low fat low salt chicken broth it doesn't bother me.anyone else have similar problems?