Sorry to hear it.
Lozenges are your friend. Try a little B&B, that may help. And get lots of rest.
I had one of those bugs a few years back. Went to the school's med center at 3am. The doc on call "decided" I had strep without even doing a culture
and prescribed penicillin. Well, whatever I had didn't respond to the penicillin, so I was stuck swallowing these huge horse pills 4 times a day for 10 days down my sore throat, and they weren't even doing anything for me... I lost my voice and all
So if you do end up going to the doc, make him/her take a culture.