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Thinking of donating a kidney? Here’s what to expect.

After surgery, living kidney donors typically recover within six weeks, often sooner.

Quincy Ponvert (right) greets Mary Cate Wilhelm, a kidney transplant physician assistant, at their last appointment before Ponvert's surgery at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. Ponvert donated a kidney to a stranger on May 14 at Penn's Transplant Institute.
Quincy Ponvert (right) greets Mary Cate Wilhelm, a kidney transplant physician assistant, at their last appointment before Ponvert's surgery at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. Ponvert donated a kidney to a stranger on May 14 at Penn's Transplant Institute.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer