 That's why when he handed me and my husband the results from my latest PET scan, I was so surprised. My doctor wrote, no evidence of cancer, and then he put, now I counted them, seven exclamation marks. Relieved? Oh, of course. But it also made us smile because as professional as he is, it showed us a deeply personal side. Those exclamation marks underscored that I am more to him than simply a patient, simply a case number.