I have kidney pain (sides/ lower back).It usually goes away when I drink plenty of of water sometimes a week or more at a time.If I Start to drink more pop or too many cups of coffee in a day they will start to hurt and keep me up more that night.Sometimes there is an unusually strong odor/somewhat dark yellow color with once in a while some whitesh substance in it when I urinate but of course is always reduced when I drink plenty of water.My bladder often feels irritated and at night I am up multiple times(3/4 times-it had been 5/6 times until I lost 70 pounds - I still have 65 to go) half the time when I go at night only a little comes out and my bladder feels irritated until I release whats there.I am 44 years old.Does any body have any ideas what this might be.If I am real careful with my diet and drink mostly water I find alot of times it limits my restroom visits to twice ,sometimes once a night with virtually no irritation to the bladder.My family is worried as am I.But we will not have any health insurance until later this year.We would welcome any experience you might have in this area and if you have heard of any natural remedies to get us by until I can see a doctor--thanks!