@auntval, Welcome to Connect. You are the sunshine of my morning by sharing your willingness to be evaluated to be a living kidney donor. I am a recipient and my donor is a deceased donor. This is an excellent question, and I am confident that you will soon be hearing from others who are more qualified than me to respond to it.

-In the meantime, here is a discussion I want to share with you: Kidney transplant - The Journey from the Donor's Side. If you click on this link you will be taken to the discussion. You will have the option to select the order of oldest to newest or newest to oldest posts. It is a lengthy discussion, but I think it it well worth an afternoon of reading. I invite you to join in that discussion with your question, too.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/kidney-transplant-from-the-donor-side/
-Here is another feature from Mayo Connect Transplant Pages where you will find the Living Donor Toolkit.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/transplant/tab/resource-36/

I look forward to hearing more about your journey. Your questions are always welcome here.

Congrats on looking into being a donor!
Donors don't have as many restrictions as recipients because their immune system isn't compromised by health concerns or medication.
I would think you could see them as soon as you feel well enough for company but there is a lifting restriction (not more than 10#) for a month or so.

My daughter was my donor. Since she was not on immunosuppressants, there was no waiting period to see family or anyone. It’s just using common sense after surgery. A week after surgery, she was being silly and doing a jig to show us how good she felt. Also sending a huge thank you for your willingness to be a donor.

@auntval, I want to follow up to your original post where you said that you had questions about being a living kidney donor. Did the informatioin that I shared provide you with answers to some of your questions? Are you still thinking about living donation?