Recovery questions usually ask for a single number. The source that answers this one gives a phrase instead, and the phrase deserves a close read.
The answer, as written
Cleveland Clinic puts it this way: "It takes a few months to recover from bunionectomy."
"A few months" is a duration, not a date. It says nothing about when you can drive, return to work or wear ordinary shoes, so those questions are still open after you read it.
Which surgery the phrase belongs to
The sentence refers to bunionectomy as a category. The reading below compares more than one procedure, so a patient's own timeline may follow its own procedure: a Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital patient guide to bunions and lesser toe deformities, a PubMed Central comparison of minimally invasive chevron bunionectomy and the modified Lapidus procedure, a multi-dimensional review of minimally invasive bunion surgery, and Cleveland Clinic's page on bunion and bunionette surgery.
What to confirm, and with whom
Before agreeing to an operation, ask the surgeon who would perform it for the recovery timeline in writing, stage by stage. Ask which procedure it assumes, and what "recovered" means in that document. Readers around Itasca can ask at the consultation, before the date is booked.
The clause readers skip
The word "few." It is vague, and a written plan from your own surgeon should be more specific than the general phrase.