FOR REAL. while i am honestly in some of the worst pain i can remember, the inverse is i feel SO much better for getting my kidney unclogged and washed out. because really i felt like a zombie for the past couple weeks. so i am glad that i feel like my cognitive ability has gone up dramatically, i'm less psyched it means i am more aware of having kidney and bladder spasms. BUT you are 100% right that this is the better part of the things since I am on the road to recovery and still not dealing with a clogged kidney :)