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Surgery and Recovery. If you are approved for the donation after all of the tests are completed, the surgery will be scheduled. The surgery is usually scheduled four to six weeks in advance. Typically, a living kidney transplant donor spends two days in the hospital, and will have an additional four to six weeks of recovery time. Donors who are from out of town should plan on spending an extra week in town after they discharged from the hospital. During recovery, you will experience some pain and discomfort.
What To Expect After Surgery. The usual recovery period after bunion surgery is 6 weeks to 6 months, depending on the amount of soft tissue and bone affected. Complete healing may take as long as 1 year. 1  When you are showering or bathing, the foot must be kept covered to keep the stitches dry.2  Stitches are removed after 7 to 21 days. Many activities can be resumed in about 6 to 8 weeks. 2  After some procedures, no weight can be put on the foot for 6 to 8 weeks. 3  Then there are a few more weeks of partial weight-bearing with the foot in a special shoe or boot to keep the bones and soft tissues steady as they heal.