I think it took about 5 months for my leg pain to completely go away. My symptoms were pretty minor (minimal swelling, no redness), but my leg ached to about the 5-6 month mark. The aching became pretty minor after 3 months or so and was more of a "oh, i feel like I walked too much today" type of ache.

I was on Xarelto for 8 mos and transitioned to Aspirin last week. Also, my symptoms were pretty minor and I started walking/exercising immediately after I was released from the hospital.

It's really hard to say when symptoms start to get better. My first DVT took about 2 years to feel 100%. My second DVT took about a week.

Are you using compression stockings? That can really help with the swelling and moving toward healing. Also, make a point to keep your leg elevated as much as possible. And, getting some exercise in there can help get the blood moving.

I will be honest, though, and say that the swelling may not resolve 100%. Depending on how many valves in your leg were damaged, it may not go away completely. I'm 11 years out from my first DVT and my right leg is still an extra inch around from hip to ankle. Not that you can really tell unless I have shorts on and you're staring though. Ha!

Also, you might consider posting in the DVT group to see if folks there have other insights.

thanks. Didn't realize there was a DVT group too. Of course there would be! But I figured since we all here had PEs, we probably had DVTs too. My doc measured my multiple DVT leg and it was an inch and a half bigger than the other. I am back to wearing my compression stockings during the day. I seem to kick it off in the middle of the night, but at least my let is elevated. I am trying to walk and move the ankle around in the day time but right now, I'm wearing a lot of slip on shoes or some days I can only get a Croc on. Glad I was never a shoe freak to begin with, but comfort is important.

Also you may find as you get more mobile and use your leg more, you can experience some additional swelling. I noticed that with my foot and ankle. After while that went away but yeah, my leg itself is permanently bigger than my non dvt leg, from ankle to thigh, particularly my calf.

Fortunately, my DVTS never caused me to be immobile. In the past, I had had 3 different baker cyst ruptures that caused me to be totally immobile for 10 days each time. So while I HOPED my swelling this time was related to knee function, I had a feeling it wasn't this time since I had never had swelling with the baker cyst ruptures.

I guess having a fat foot will be a new normal. Small price to pay for actually LIVING!