It is 5 am and I am up and out of bed…in pain. I have just had it with this sciatica or whatever it is. I’m able to sleep for 4-5 hours and then it starts throbbing and wakes me up. Today it is so bad that I took a vicodin. I’m hopeful it will kick in soon and I can then go back to sleep for a few more hours. Meanwhile I just wait. I can’t see my doctor anytime soon because I have this stupid jury duty starting on Tuesday. Don’t know how that’s going to go if I have to sit for a prolonged period of time. Something has got to give on this soon. I can’t keep going on like this for much longer. I hate this bullshit pain! I’m ready to start looking at alternative treatments–chiropractic, acupuncture, I don’t know…