Does haviing Lupus help persuade insurance?

I have BCBS Texas.  I am just paranoid that after going through the nutrition class, then the psych eval, etc....the insurance will say no.  I have lupus as a primary diagnosis.  Does it help persuade the insurance company at all?

I have UCTD (undifferentiated connective tissue disease) (new doctor gave a new name to my old lupus because he's not convinced).  I'm just working on the process, so I don't really know the answer to your question but my guess is lupus will not persuade the insurance company.  While things such as joint pains due to lupus would be easier to manage with less weight, lupus is not a co-morbidity of obesity.   Then again, I'm prone to plantar faciitis.  Had surgery on my left foot in 2004 and the right foot has now been acting up for about 6-8 months.  Plantar faciitis is a connective tissue disease that overweight people get (okay, not just overweight people, but it's more common). Sorry, I probably didn't answer your question the way you would have liked.  Make sure you get your rheumatologist approval for WLS, even though lupus isn't a co-morbidity, I'm sure he/she will be willing to write a letter indicating ways that weight loss will help make your lupus more manageable. -Elli

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My doctor did the same thing with me!  Back then it was called MCTD.
 
Finally, when I had a number of labs point to Lupus, we started with the Plaquenil and NSAIDS! 

Lupus has nothing to do with weight as far as I know so I doubt that it has anything to do with gaining approval for WLS - sure would help the arthritic pain to not carry extra weight though!

I have SLE, had a gastric bypass 2004. I had to appeal twice to the insurance but the SLE was never used as a reason for co-morbity.  However a 165 pound weight loss has helped tremendously with the joint pain.