Glad you went to the doctor, Cosmicgypsy, and hope you are feeling better...

I've always had allergies and upper respiratory conditions. A post nasal drip usually leads to strep throat for me, very quickly. A fever on top of that means that your body is trying to fight off an extreme infection. I rarely get fevers, but when I first get the symptoms of strep throat; I take the following and it knocks it out in 2 to 4 days.

Mix the following and gargle 4 times a day:

1 cup white vinegar
1 cup lemon juice
3 cups water
1/4 cup honey

I store the remainder in the fridge to keep it fresh.

The above changes the PH of the throat and doesn't allow the strep to multiply and therefore, the bodies defenses can quickly knock it out of a person's system...