Any suggestions for what would keep my husband occupied after a nasty injury leaving him immobile?

[KittenyChops]

He had an accident at the weekend where he badly cut his leg leading to a partial Achilles tendon sever: after two nights in hospital and a repair and stitch up , he’s been told it’s now 2 weeks in a plaster cast set at a specific angle so he can’t weight bear on it

After that he will hopefully move to a boot for a month and start rehab.

Hes feeling a bit low and incapacitated. He usually goes to the gym 4 times a week, plays golf at a high level three times a week and is always up doing ‘something.’ Basically a very fit and active man

so my question is - can you think of any ideas to keep him occupied? Hes categorically not into jigsaws or word searches and there is a limit to how many Netflix series we can watch

He can work from him but not for another two weeks so I think it’s just this next fortnight we need to get through so I’d be grateful for any suggestions

he’s on crutches and is ant keen to go out right now but maybe I should push this? Cinema or lunch out perhaps

-Knee scooter to stay mobile
-Duolingo
-Exercising upper body/other leg
-Sports games online. No idea what the modern equivalent is, but those Wii sports games like golf etc
-Adult lego kit

Woodworking/whittling could be a good idea. Especially if he usually gets twitchy when he can't do anything.

Planning an imaginary round-the-wold trip, complete with full itinerary, hotels, restaurants, sights. But if he's very active I guess that probably wouldn't be something he'd like.

A new boardgame? One of the really interesting ones? I don't know names off the top of my head but hopefully people will have suggestions. You could play together every evening to fill the time.

He might actually like a jigsaw puzzle if he tries one? From the charity shop so you haven't lost anything much if he still hates it.

Or find some new YouTube channels to follow. Living in Alaska/Doing up a Chateau/whatever the case may be. Sometimes those are more interesting than yet more made-up crap from netflix.

Peloton app sounds good!

I had surgery on my ankle some years back. 9 weeks non-weight bearing before even the boot. I concur with others - a few days moping is allowed and the novelty will quickly wear off. If it doesn't you are allowed to tell him to get over himself.

I was on my favourite forum where people were incredibly helpful and boosted my morale, although my accident equalled 3 months off being unable to walk.

Could you drop him at the golf club to have lunch with his mates? It might be a bit like rubbing salt in the wound that he can't play but a chance of scenery and company is usually good.
I was going to suggest the "life admin" stuff too. It's painful but you could get a lot done but doing a little thing each day.
Could he do upper body weights when seated?
There's loads of games apps you can get on the ipad if you have one.

Lots of good websites where you can play board games or chess?

Really high quality tv series. Not crap. Ideally with lots to get through. Eg Mad Men, The West Wing, The Wire. Battlestar Galactica if into Sci fi, Brooklyn 99 if into comedy. Get as addicted as possible.

Family history research?

Oh yes family history another good one. Kept DH occupied for months a while back, doing all kinds of online detective work.

Learning to knit, or knitting a simple garment.

Origami project

Create some photo albums

Short on line course from Future Learn or OU etc

I agree about on line shopping, maybe research ideas for adding new dishes to the family meal plans.

He could do weights - does he have a set at home?

Organising photos is something no one in my house ever gets around to - he could get some printed and put them into albums.

He could learn a new skill by watching videos online.

If it were me, I'd read a heap of books.

Reading.. so many great books out there

A couple of podcasts the men in my family love.
80 days An exploration podcast.
Fall of Civilisations.

Well yes, reading is an obvious one! But if he's not into books then podcasts will probably be better. Or audiobooks.

Maybe some sorting jobs like insurance etc, labelling the chargers, sorting out next year’s holiday etc?

Buy him a knitting kit. Or crochet

PuzzGrid or Chronophoto?

DBro did a lot of Lego when he was in a simular position last year. He’d but it on Ebay, build it, and sell it on.

Get him to do some of the household admin tasks. Look for a cheaper broadband deal, renew the insurances, get him to do the online supermarket order, meal plan etc. He could research your next holiday, look at cars for when you replace your current car, my DH spends HOURS downloading music, tidying up the files on his computer, going through the television programmes to put our next binge watches into the watch list.

There's also no reason why he can be useful even if he can't walk around. Potatoes can be peeled sitting down, socks can be matched, laundry folded.

He could maybe put all the useful dates into his phone calendar (birthdays, anniversaries, dental appointments, MOT due date etc. He could even arrange the appointments/MOT if they are due.

Then he can use his calendar to remind himself of the next birthday or anniversary (hopefully yours) and buy a nice card and present online - not forgetting some lovely wrapping paper. There is a great online shop called Whistlefish with some really pretty cards and paper which aren't expensive and are really good quality. They are doing a 12 for the price of 10 cards at present so he could order cards for everyone in the family in advance! You can probably tell I have a card and paper stash all ready to be used as I need them 😁

These are necessarily things he will enjoy, but they will keep him occupied.

@OopsNoHoliday- maybe re-read what the OP wrote properly. Then unclench.