tess0831,
Sorry you are having these strange symptoms. I have a hiatal hernia along with something called Barrett's Esophagus. I also sometimes have something that my doctor calls esophageal spasms. These are spasms in the throat area sometimes when I try to swallow, happens when I eat certain foods and often feels like something is stuck in my throat for a little while after it occurs. It may be since the spasms cause a tightening of the muscles in the throat a bit. You can look up hiatal hernia but Barrett's is mostly caused by reflux and the reflux may be happening without you knowing it (silent reflux--yes, it is a real thing).. I never felt any reflux and my doctor told me after I had an Endoscopy that I had Barrett's Esophagus. It is when some of the cells in your throat begin to look more like cells in your stomach because of the stomach acid coming up.

I am wondering if you might have any of this going on. You could have any one of these things, not necessarily all of it. Lately for me it has started to feel like my sternum is heavy and makes it feel like there is weight on my lungs a little bit when I take a deep breath. It is worse at night after I have been moving around all day than in the morning when I wake up.

I think if you have any amount of reflux at all you should tell your doctor and see if they want you to see a Gastroenterologist or maybe just get on some prevacid or other similar medicine for a while and see if that helps. A simple chest x-ray could check out your lungs just to be safe. Also have you taken your temperature? I was thinking this might be a good thing to do, also just to be safe. I have been doing that periodically when this happens just to make myself feel better about the remote possibility of COVID-19. I am 65 and have been very careful and self distancing for quite a while now so I do not think this is likely but just makes me feel better when that thermometer reads 97.6 which seems to be my most common reading. With this going on for as you say about a month without progressing, I would not suspect COVID-19 but better to be safe.

These are just a few suggestions since we seem to have some similar symptoms. I wish you the best in trying to figure it out. Maybe others on here will have other ideas for you as well. I think you are correct in not going to the doctor right now but you could have a telemedicine visit or just a phone appt. perhaps to see what your doctor has to say. Your doctor can advise you on the issue of the safety of actually seeing a doctor. Please keep us posted on what you uncover but hopefully this will give you some loose guidance under the rather odd circumstances we all find ourselves in at this time..