I was banded on April 8th and everything has been going well until yesterday. I went on a 3 mile hike and now one of my incisions which looked completely healed is now swollen, slightly red, and is causing me pain. Is this normal or should I be worried?

Were you wearing something that rubbed against the incision alot during the hike ? A waistband, a backpack etc ? You might want to put some ice on it and give it some time to calm down. If it's not better in a few days , i would call your Dr.

Did the Dr. ok you to start exercising? That sounds like something you need to just have the Dr take a peek at, just to be sure everything is ok. It is probably not a good idea to do a lot starting out. Start off slow and build yourself up over a period of time, like start at 1 mile and increase 1/2 mile every week or two until you are doing the mileage you desire. Also, keep in mind that you can slow down your weight loss if you over do it, like your body is still adjusting to the band and then you throw in heavy duty exercise, your body start tripping like it doesn't know what's going on, lol! Best of luck to you in your journey!

Thank you both, we didn't originally plan on it being 3 miles, we started on a 1.3 mile trail and somehow joined a different path that was a little over 3 miles...it's starting to get better but I am going to call the Dr on Monday

Good luck! Let us know how it turns out. I agree it's good to have the doc check to make sure there's no infection (which might have nothing to do with the hike, and may only be a coincidence). Good for you for being active!

Update (5 months late lol).... turns out the lump near my incision site was a sign of a super rare complication. I had developed a staff infection in my abdominal wall. I was put on antibiotics by my primary care doctor from may-august, I saw my surgeon again he he admitted for er surgery because the infection was living in my port so I had to have my entire bad system removed. I did however go back and got the sleeve on November 5th

Update (5 months late lol).... turns out the lump near my incision site was a sign of a super rare complication. I had developed a staff infection in my abdominal wall. I was put on antibiotics by my primary care doctor from may-august, I saw my surgeon again he he admitted for er surgery because the infection was living in my port so I had to have my entire bad system removed. I did however go back and got the sleeve on November 5th

Wow. Sorry to hear about the band infection but glad you were able to get sleeved. Good luck!