I hope that anyone who is currently in microdiscectomy post-op or about to start finds this video encouraging.
This video is long and a I ramble on a bit but it describes my overall feelings 4 weeks after surgery and some of the things I learned along the way.
I don't have any videos past this one as my recovery continued very quickly and I got back to normal life and put this pre-surgery hell behind me. To this day I believe getting the surgery was one of the best decisions I ever made.