The participant is a 64 year old female, diagnosed with Dukes C Rectal Cancer (colon cancer) in February 2004. As a standard care procedure was successfully operated on in March 2004: Post operative medical treatments were Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. Present treatments are Thyroxin (non associated with cancer). Usual diet consists of; Vegetables, Fish, Chicken, Little red meat, Rice, Cereal, and Fruit.

Main Presenting Issues Include.
Stress; Anger; Insomnia; Depression; Anxiety; Constipation.

Verbal reports were as follows:

3rd May 2005
1. Feeling generally OK.
2. Gets a little tired if doing too much.
3. Sleeping much better and deeper since using the Mind-Body CD.
4. Went away and forgot to take the CD and still slept much better than usually would have.
5. Generally feeling happier and lighter within self.

5th May 2005
1. Feeling pretty good since the first session.
2. Still sleeping better.
3. Less bothered by husbands snoring and can return to bed and go back to sleep if needs to awake at night for the bathroom. (Previously, could not go back to sleep and would lay awake worrying about the future).

10th May 2005
1. Sleep still much improved.
2. Appetite is improving.
3. Energy levels are up quite a bit.
4. Stressing and worrying has stopped.
5. Feeling much happier.

12th May 2005
1. Elimination systems functioning much better (participant had been experiencing frequent episodes of either constipation or diarrhoea since operation).
2. Sleep still fine.
3. Appetite still improving.
4. Energy still up.
5. Participant states that she feels better than she has felt for years.

17th May 2005
1. As above: 12th May 2005
2. As above
3. As above
4. As above
5. As above
6. More relaxed and calm, less reactive, less worried and concerned.

19th May 2005
1. As above
2. As above
3. As above
4. As above
5. As above

Final assessment completed on 1st June 2005

Her opinions of the trial.
1. Mood wise I am definitely much better.
2. I feel much more positive in general.
3. I am sleeping much better and deeper.
4. My energy has been steadily improving.
5. Participants perceived benefit from participation on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being at the low end, reported as 8 to 10.