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My psa started climbing almost immediately after surgery. That was nearly nine years ago. I have been doing intermittent Hormone treatment with Casodex. My quality of life is good, in fact the last 8 years have been the best of my life. Don't be scared of the cancer.It is treatable. I feel that living with prostate cancer is the same as living with any other chronic illness, high blood pressure, diabetes etc. Handling the depression is very important.