Help raise funds for Lapband surgery to end Cruel Taunts

So, since realising myself that I have an issue, and I need to address my weight, my dearest friend of 22 years sent a text to me that was clearly meant for someone else. I read it and at first was shocked and dumbfounded, but then just so hurt. There wasn't much I could say. She is right. I am fat. But after 22 years I had hoped she had stopped judging me. Her words stung, and still do. I want to prove to her that I can lose the weight and that the weight is not who I am, but that she has forever lost an amazing friend who would walk hot coals for her, and she will never get that back. Weight is not who I am. It is an issue I have. I need help dealing with that issue.

Please help