@looked up aplastic anemia. rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis can attack the marrow in the bones which in turn causes the damage of the red cells, etc. thus causing the anemia. i do remember the last two attacks of these arthritis (which one i do not know because they take turns, they have a mind of their own.) anyway during these attacks i told the doctors that the pain seems to be inside the bones and travelling up and in the bones. now i know why the pain was so significant and exactly where the pain was. just think, there i am lying in great pain for more than three months while the damage is being done with the doctors knowing this information and NOTHING IS DONE FOR IT. how can they justify themselves by ignoring the obvious? am i the only patient being treated (or not treated) for this? is this ignorance on their part or just that they do not care? questions, questions, questions. the pieces of the puzzle are there and they are just being ignored. is this criminal? i will still smile as long as i can.