Just months after Pam Wooder and Greg Lee started dating both were diagnosed with cancer; Pam with breast cancer, Greg with a tumor the size of an orange between his lungs and heart.

The Ingersoll couple began the sometimes painstaking road to recovery through multiple rounds of chemotherapy treatments at the London Health Sciences Centre. 

On Thursday, almost exactly one year after they were diagnosed, the couple received a letter from the cancer centre notifying them that they’re among the 990 cancer patients who received diluted chemotherapy drug solutions.

“It just kind of throws you right back into where you were”, says Wooder.

The couple remains unsure of whether the diluted treatments will ultimately impact their recovery.  “We don’t know what the next step [is].  We don’t know what’s in store for us”, says Wooder.

The couple has yet to speak to their oncologist.  But when they do, Lee expects answers. “Mistakes happen.  People make mistakes.  So if it was just a little mistake that one company made or one organization… I don’t know where the mistake was made so I hope everything gets figured out.”

As part of her tour of Waterloo Region on Friday, Premier Kathleen Wynne says the provincial government may have made a mistake regarding the way chemotherapy drugs are transferred from suppliers to hospitals.

Wynne says it’s unacceptable and vows to launch a third party investigation into how the mishap happened.  Speaking at Communitech, Wynne says, “We need to make sure we get it corrected now.”

The health critic for the NDP is calling for Ontario’s ombudsman to get involved.

In spite of all the tribulations, Pam Wooder and Greg Lee remain positive.  Wooder says, “When there is something to worry about, we’ll worry about it then.”  While Lee adds, “I’ll be a little concerned but I’m not going to worry.  I’m not going to stay up at night worrying,”

To add to the couple’s anxiety, Lee recently learned he has a second tumor on his thyroid.  He’ll get the results of the biopsy on Thursday.  At the same time, he’s expecting more answers from his oncologist as to how this drug mishap might have affected them.