Hello Dr. Rynne. I am a 57 yr. old white female weight is 195 with a height of 5 3 . For 2 days I ve been experiencing something new to me. The top of my throat, whatever you call the area behind and just below my tongue feels like a balloon is in there and its hard for me to swallow. I feel no pain in that area other than mentally sometimes it makes me feel as though I can t breath through my mouth.