Bending during herniated disc recovery

I’m on week 10 of my herniated disc recovery (11 mm extruded disc with upward migration).

First month was absolutely brutal and I thought my life was over. Fast forward to 10 weeks, and I’m having some intermittently flaring but I THINK I make it out of this without surgery.

I’m deathly afraid of bending even remotely at this point and ruining my progress.

Anyone else with a herniated disc and conservative recovery, when did you start bending again?