I have had severe debilitating lower back pain going on 12 years now with no diagnosis. I have been to Dr after Dr and no one can find anything that should be causing my pain. I have been going to a Pain Management Dr. for around 9 years now and was given the duragesic patches which worked good enough for me to have some kind of normal life. Then I got this bright idea that I might get addicted and wanted off the patch and have a pain pump implanted. It was implanted in 2003 and my pain is unbearable. The only additional help my Dr. can give me is Loratab which is like taking an aspirin so I don't even have them filled anymore. On my last visit he prescribed 15mg morphine and i'll see if they work. I am wondering what other diseases there are that have severe lower back pain as a symptom. If I don't get relief soon so I can have some kind of normal life I am thinking very seriously about just ending it all. This is too long for a person to have this kind of pain. If our beloved pets are going to have a life of nothing but pain we euthanize them because we can't bare to see them in pain. Why should it be different for humans? If someone could just give me a few suggestions as to which way to go for some kind of diagnosis maybe I could at least walk to the mail box once in a while.