To those who care, My name is Matthew, stage name TUCKER and I am a professional performer and sex worker in Canada. Okay where do I begin? Forgive me this is a hard time and I have no idea what to put here. I was doing well for myself in my career before the pandemic and life was finally giving me happiness, but then Covid-19 came. Before you continue I want to be clear that I am not asking for money because of Covid-19, but stick with me. The pandemic brought many challenges, as we all know. I lost all of my work cold turkey, and when CERB was being given out, I was told I didn't qualify. This forced me to move back home with my parents after burning through what little savings I had, very quickly. Flash forward to a year later and they started to film things again, so I jumped on it and started working. I worked myself nearly to death, literally, trying to catch up, but I never did. Instead I developed cepsis due to a sinus infection that made its way into a surgical wounds in my mouth. After intense reversal surgery and losing 50lbs in a week, I made it out the other side, but I was in no shape to work so I rested, and burned through what little earnings I had left. A month later I was feeling better and was offered an opportunity out in BC for two weeks. With no other options I jumped at it. This caused me to not only spend money on travel to achieve the financial opportunity of $25,000 for 12 days of work. Everything was starting to look up and so I went. Upon arrival, I was ghosted by the employer and trapped in BC. Working to make money to get home I did it and I got home, but I again had no money and didn't get ahead. When I arrived home I immediately developed a gut infection. Not allowing me to keep nutrients to into my body, and losing again all the weight (35lbs) that I had spent a month putting on. All gone in a month and again my body started to shut down, not allowing me to work. A week after I was feeling better, I was diagnosed suddenly with Testicular cancer. They took my testicle and I have been working with doctors to this day to be on top of it. I was told 8 weeks till I could go back to dance training and hopefully performing shortly after. On week 6 I got Covid-19 which attacked my system hard nearly killing me again. I can't catch a break, or move forward in life and I'm drowning here, reaching for a hand or a floatation device of some kind. I am a survivor as you can tell. I have been trying to get help through the government, family, and friends as much as possible, but the trauma ball seems to keep rolling towards me and picking up speed. I don't know what more to do, but I do know that I can't do it alone anymore, and i don't think i will survive the strike of another trauma. Before the pandemic I had a successful career paying my bills and allowing me a decent life. Now I'm currently deciding do I eat today or try to distract myself from the hunger so I can pay my bills later. My work requires that I am on my A-game physically at all times and I can't afford my vitamins to keep me healthy. I can't afford to keep working to not get money, and then have to use it while I recover. The most recent thing that has happened to me? I was meant to film this weekend and can't due to an illness that showed up two days ago, and yet again ripped the work right out from under me. After three years of not working as a dancer, the government gave me a hand out of $2500 (and yes I am getting taxed on it) to pay for all three years of missed work. If there is anything in your power to help in anyway. Please I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, help save me so I can get back to thriving and bringing joy back into the world. Thank you all for reading this sob story, and I hope it touched you. xo Matthew aka TUCKER
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