I'm not really sure if this is what you would call GERD, I'm trying to figure it out. Every so often I have like a burning feeling in my throat, I used to call it heartburn, but it's always just in my throat, I take to Rolaids or Tums and it goes away for a while. When I do get it, it seems to last about 3 days. I know I aggrivate it by drinking too much coffe, eating accidy foods, etc. I'm just trying to figure out what to call it, do those sound like GERD symptoms?

yes mostly likely they are GERD symptoms. or maybe more specifically something called LPR.

yes, probably water-brash caused by LES damage/irritation
loose weight, watch your diet, no butter or full fat milk
regards,
Tom

This is probably a dumb question, but what is LES damage?