You know how much homeless blogger Tony Clemens’ recently prescribed medications cost per month???
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In other news, Tony’s been “evicted” by the new guys in town >>
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According to Philip Stern writing October 9th on the Homeless Man Speaks website, Tony Clemens’ heart was “a thin beat away from not working at all. The cardiologists are doing everything they can. Thank god for socialized medicine. Tony says many, many thanks for all the good wishes and prayers.”
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Then, writing October 16th in a post titled On the street once more, Philip states: “Tony was sprung—so to say—yesterday. He’s back at his old location [on Roncesvalles Avenue]. His face has good colour (it’s autumn, after all). I bought him a coffee from Alternative Grounds and I gave him a toonie so he could buy a bagel from Mabel’s.
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Quoting Philip Stern, writing on HomelessManSpeaks.com:
Hi Everyone, I just visited Tony at St. Joe’s. He’s got cancer, probably in the lungs, though it’s not certain if it’s in one lung or two—or even which lung. While I was there, the doctors took him for an x-ray, but I don’t know the results—if any. In addition, he’s got heart problems, and an ugly hernia protruding from his upper abdomen.
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Our thoughts, prayers, support, and deepest deepest condolences are with Tony during this difficult time.
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*PLEASE NOTE: Tony’s on the 4th floor of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Toronto, Room #4M16. If you’d like to visit him, he’d be delighted. Any ready-to-eat food you can bring him (only stuff that is easily chewable) will be very much appreciated, as his appetite is well beyond what hospital meal portions can fulfill. Before you visit, check the hospital visiting times and associated regulations at stjoe.on.ca/patients/visitor/index.php.
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Remember Tony Clemens, the warmhearted homeless blogger we first profiled in March 2008 and then again in October ‘08?
Tony’s not doing so well.
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Selected writings from http://homelessmanspeaks.wordpress.com.
Tony has lived on the streets of Toronto for a long time.
Tony loves to talk and has so much to say.
One day Tony met Philip, and they talked and talked and talked.
Philip Stern is a Montreal-born entrepreneur who now lives in Toronto.
Philip had an idea, and asked Tony to “do a blog” together. And Tony accepted.
The words all come from Tony. Philip just posts them online, and adds a few explanations when they’re needed.
“Me, I’m still trying to think what the hell a blog is,” says Tony.
“He’s laugh-your-ass-off funny sometimes,” says Philip.
An unlikely friendship.
An extraordinary blog.
A Homeless Man to write home about.
3 essays after the jump…
