Grunt, the doctor has given you a piece of paper that says what you did, how he handled it, and what he would do with it. He also assumed you would ask so badly, so he wrote you what to do. Please take that paper and read it! We don't know how the doctor sewed it, why he sewed it and how he sewed it. How long it will take for you and what the wound will look like. We really can't know all this. Get a paper from the doctor!