swollen right tonsil, pain swallowing on that side and what

Not sure what is going on with me right now but the last few days, my tonsil on the right side has been swollen and bloodshot looking (viens very aparent) I noticed this bump of skin above my tonsil (in what I have read would be called the "tonsular crypt" ) but thought nothing of it, as I saw an identicle bump on the other side. The other day, I felt something small in my throat and so coughed it up. It looked like a small piece of cottage cheese. I smooshed it in a paper towel and the has the consistancy of cottage cheese as well. Last night, I decided to look at my throat again because I was getting a rather sharp pain. In the back of my throat I found a white mass on the same spot. I pushed on it with a q-tip and a mass of the material came out of the bump. I did it again and even more of it came out. I made sure to retrieve all of it and when I looked at it, it was all the same stuff as before. Since then, I have been checking it every couple hours but there is no more "pus"(?) there is only a crater on the top and bottom where it came out. My tonsil is still swollen. Any idea what this might be?

It's tonsil stones. I get them also. From what I understand, good oral hygiene can help, but not eliminate them. Really, the only "cure" is to remove the tonsils -- but often, with just tonsil stones and no infections, the risks of that surgery outweigh the benefits, and most ENT probably wouldn't do the surgery. I don't think it's all that uncommon though. Good Luck.