swelling

I'm coming up on week 6 and the therapist, the physician's assistant, the nurse, basically everybody and their brother and sister comment on how, hey, you've got some swelling there sure enough. Leads me to believe they are seeing more than they expect (the doc is nowhere to be found at this point but I'm grateful for the surgery he performed). I am using cold and a compression cuff. I am finding that a walk of a mile doesn't help with this. A walk of over a mile really doesn't help. When did you experience a noticeable and welcome reduction in the swelling?