Hi guys, 

Looking for a bit of advise and an honest opinion. Please or offend. 

My mum was admitted to hopsital with low sodium which turned out to be lung cancer. 

Previous to this she has had lymphodema (unrelated to cancer?) for 3 years with a leg ulcer - community care plan in situ regarding compression dressings. After many years, the district professionals were able to get the swelling down and the ulcer considerably smaller. During her diagnosis stay at hopsital, the ward did not follow this care plan (untrained) and as a result, my mums legs have swollen exponentially to the point that fluid is leaking from her legs, her skin has completely broken down and her ulcer is majorly infected and green.. As a result, she is unable to have chemo (at her current state). I really feel that if they followed the care plan, the legs would have remained stable and she would have been able to have chemo.. In essence, I feel the hopsital have hammered the final nail in my mums coffin. Does this sound like a case of negligence? Or can cancer cause all of this?.. It's just striking to me that her legs have been perfect for the past couple of months. Until she stayed in hopsital... Also we've yet to have her staging as the cancer clinic is overbooked, it's been 3 weeks of hell and I'm pretty upset!!