Many people with gluten sensitivity or celiac disease report throat-related symptoms, including a phlegmy, thick, or "sticky" feeling after gluten exposure. This could be due to inflammation, mild allergic response (like a wheat allergy), or even silent reflux triggered by gluten. Some also describe a "gluten globus" sensation—like something is stuck in the throat—without visible mucus. Since this isn’t a classic celiac symptom, it’s worth considering: Wheat allergy (IgE-mediated reactions can cause throat tightness/swelling). GERD/LPR (acid reflux)—gluten can relax the esophageal sphincter, letting acid creep up. Histamine response (some react to gluten with excess mucus production). If it happens consistently after gluten, keep a symptom log and discuss it with your doctor. An allergist or GI specialist could help rule out other causes. Hope you find answers soon.

Or, you could be experiencing the development of additional food sensitivities/cross-reactivity and eating away from home at the lodge temporarily removed those foods from your diet.

You are correct--my bad! The ingredients do include wheat starch, and the fact that their products are certified gluten-free means that they test below 10ppm, but again, some celiacs do report issues with products that use Codex wheat starch. Here is the label of the one I though was wheat-free:

Thanks! She was taking iron and vitamin d. Iron has improved so I took her off that (that was not the source of the pain). Vitamin d was low also pre diagnosis but we didn't check b. She has blood work due at the end of the month so I can add vitamin b. She is on a meat kick right now so eating beef regularly. 

Welcome to the forum, @MagsM! A "total IGA" test should have been ordered along with the tTG-IGA in order to check for IGA deficiency. Certainly, an endoscopy with biopsy would be the most direct route to investigate the possibility of celiac disease. But if the physician is unwilling to provide a GI referral for that or if that means an endoscopy is months and months out because of scheduling congestion, ask your primary doc to order the total IGA as well as the DGP-IGA and DGP-IGG tests. You could also be dealing with NCGS (Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity) but your vitamin/mineral deficiencies from the blood work suggest there is malabsorption going on such as we see with celiac disease. Whatever the case, do not begin a gluten free diet until all testing, whether blood antibodies or endoscopy/biopsy are complete. Going gluten free before testing is complete will invalidate the testing.