Jack.
Get the cortisone shot to reduce inflammation asap,
if ya wanna go on vacation.
Take someone with you to schlep the bags,
or check 'em and to he11 with the baggage fees.
Go on short term steroids for the duration if'n ya haveta.
Aspirin sometimes works wonders for inflammation,
and is highly underrated.
I commiserate!!
I spent 3 weeks in Scotland with a pinched sciatic nerve flare-up,
slept on hotel floors, and walked crooked for 2 out of the 3 weeks.
It happened on my 4th day, after a 2 day sail on the Irish Sea, to the Isle of Man (where the Manx cats come from). Didn't subside until the day before we flew home.