Remedy for sore and swollen tonsils?

A few days back my left tonsil started to swell and was super sore (I was having ear pains as well because of the pain in my tonsils), so I went to the doctor. She pretty much said I was fine and just had a bit of congestion so she told me to go pick up some Zyrtec – D and told me to take Advil/Tylenol for the swelling.
So that’s what I did.
Anyway, I’ve been taking Extra Strength Tylenol and the Zyrtec as directed and nothing is helping.

What else could I possibly do to at least get rid of the soreness? :(
(Mind you, right now my tonsils are huge, literally almost touching and I can barely swallow.)