I’ve had a DVT in my thigh for years, they think from 2005 after hip replacement. Am on Eliquis, “lifelong”.
Wow. Maybe one is “doable” (as you have demonstrated!) but a niece got them after surgery, and then her grandad got them and they were fatal for him.
The subject of blood clots is a scary one for me. I don’t worry about them for myself, because I’ve been on a baby aspirin a day since my late 30s. (I had three TIAs two weeks between each.)
I’m glad yours weren’t fatal!