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

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?

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Betty, I have recently had a major flare up and was put on steroids to control it some. I was only n a medrol pack, the one week course of steroids, but since then I have not been able to lose any weight! In fact, I gained weight! I have been a t a standstill for over a month now and it really upsets me. Nothing has changed, except for the steroids. I see my surgeon this week so I will ask him. Thanks for the reply. We lupies have to stick together! I know of a great support site for lupies, it is at http://lupusbutterflies.ning.com   A friend of mine named Kimberly started the site and it is great. You may want to check it out.

I had no idea that there was a Lupus forum on here...I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus when I was 20.  I am now 35.  I have not had a flair since I was 27, think goodness.  I did have to worry about my coagulation before and since my surgery...Its going to be nice to have the opportunity to talk to people that have gone through what I have gone through.