I have two questions about hypertension

First-I have chronic hypertension. I've been under a physicians care for over 13 years. Depending on the medication I am on at the time, my bp could be anywhere from 130/85 or 90 to 190/120 to 135. My surgeon is NOT HAPPY WITH THIS and has threatened that if I haven't gotten it under control by my pre-surg appt in september, my October surgery date will be canceled. I've waited a long time for this. Since March of this year, and I know it's important that it be under control, but medication only does so much. Does anyone else have/had this problem? Two-When I went to my consultation with the surgeon and he weighed me, I was 270 with a bmi of 40 and SEVERAL co-morbidities. He said I would definately benefit from the surgery (before he got to the bp!) and we set things in motion. Thing is, i'm in a wedding in september, and I told him this. I know i'm going to be the "fat chick" in the wedding, but I was trying not to be the REALLY fat chick in the wedding and i'm now down to 255 and still losing. Can this hurt my chances of having the surgery? Thank you all....

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