Thank you for responding!

nospam - I'm in Southern CA. I am open to PT - I probably could have avoided the DVT had I done it a while ago!

jo*mar - Nothing out of the ordinary with the tests so far - a CT and ultrasound. Both vascular surgeons I've seen have been surprisingly conservative in their approach and neither seem concerned with follow up testing, mainly because my clot cleared up quickly. I even requested an MR-V after doing more research, and one reluctantly agreed to have it done while the other insisted that it wouldn't be conclusive anyway. I've been told by both that the venous compression is not "graded" or scaled - it's either there or it isn't, and as you mentioned, only surgery can reveal the true cause.

It's interesting/alarming/confusing to me that we are all getting such different advice for treatment.