I haven’t had nerve pain in over a week, a week which included a long photo walk and a long stand-up rock show. It might be cheating to say that I “beat” sciatica since I was pretty lax on my physical therapy. But apparently some half-hearted exercising plus the doc’s “tincture of time” prescription was all I needed. The trip is still two weeks away, but I think I’m officially in the clear. As long as I don’t drink the water, or, ya know…reinjure my back.