Im having a pretty bad allergy-related sore throat and my tonsil on my left side kinda swollen and has a little teeny-tiny speck of trapped food and its kinda rubbing on the back of my tounge. (its not strept, just trapped chicken from the night before)

I want it to go away but it hasnt moved all day and now im a bit nervous. My mom said she gets this all the time and learned to take it out with a qtip but of course im nervous about doing that. Normally id just let this pass and go away on its own but im starting to worry ill gag from it touching my tounge(my mom also said those things just grow until eventually they fall out, but bigger means more chance of gag right?)

Should i try to take it out on my own or see if it'll go away? its closer to my cheek than the uvula but idk.. Great now im starting to kinda panic lol ugh.