Have I poisoned myself ... how long do I have left?!

[VaguelyInteresting]

This is lighthearted but I am also someone who gets terribly anxious about mad things so coming for a gentle shake.

Cleaned the manky door of my oven last night with mr muscle. Rinsed x3 with soapy water. Wiped down x3. Wiped with water. Ventilated... not for very long maybe 10 mins?

Just bunged a chicken breast in for dinner. Opened door to check meat and got a bit of a whiff of the mr muscle. Could see a small streak on the rubber seal so wiped it off.

Got chicken out of oven. Still slightly caustic smell in the oven, but figured it’d be fine. Ate half of chicken. Realised probably shouldn’t eat chicken cooked in an oven that still smells of mr muscle.

Chucked chicken.

Spent half an hour googling “does the smell of mr muscle kill you” and imagining my insides corroding from the inside out, leaving my child motherless at Christmas.

Currently drinking a glass of milk and hoping for the best/ imagining the doctor in a&e telling me he’s sorry, there’s nothing he can do. I shouldn’t have been such a greedy cow and just slung the chicken before I ate half. (It was delicious though!)

Tell me I’m being an idiot please!

Pretty sure you’ll be fine. Or you’ll have very clean innards.

Um no you’ll be fine, 🤣

I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine. I have definitely eaten a lot worse than that!

Oh hiya @Bluntness100- youve talked me down before Always reassuring when you come to laugh!

I'm sure you'll be fine

I clean the oven with soda something...but I run the oven empty for twenty mins or so to get rid of the last of that, before cooking anything.

Perhaps worth ringing 111 just to be sure, they would probably be better placed to advise you. However, I'm sure it'll be ok.

I remember once as a teenager accidentally getting a minuscule drop of bleach in my mouth whilst cleaning the bathroom, sitting down on the floor and wondering when it would kill me. After about 30 minutes I realised that I was still alive and felt a bit silly

Just to be clear- this was the mr muscle oven cleaner... the scary, “caustic product wear full body armour when using and ventilate for 6 months”.

Do we all still think I’ll see Christmas?!

You're being an idiot.

Well you did ask.

Think how many thousands of people have done this, you’ll be fine

Although I think the sale of nasties like that should be banned. Oven can be cleaned with less nasty stuff

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Seriously though OP I’m sure you will be ok

@CaribouCarafe

I’m not ringing 111 unless I actually feel deathly ill- in which case I’d probably still avoid and just call 999.

They will either not give a shit OR send a blue light ambulance, as apparently, like me, they are either relaxed to the point of negligence, or panic like fuck over nothing.

I am basically the human incarnation of 111.

Op, you didn’t eat mr muscle, the fumes in your oven won’t impact you. Stand down, have a glass of wine, you're fine 😄

This sounds like the kind of thing I stress about OP, binned a couple of perfectly decent half eaten meals after cleaning the oven and catching a whiff of cleaning stuff despite rigorous rinsing.

I once convinced myself I'd splashed a bit of Toilet Duck on my lip (washed my face and rinsed my mouth with mouth wash just in case) and was still worried it would poison me. Clearly it didn't and I'm just a bit of a numpty who worries about silly things occasionally 😂

@VaguelyInteresting

This is lighthearted but I am also someone who gets terribly anxious about mad things so coming for a gentle shake.

Cleaned the manky door of my oven last night with mr muscle. Rinsed x3 with soapy water. Wiped down x3. Wiped with water. Ventilated... not for very long maybe 10 mins?

Just bunged a chicken breast in for dinner. Opened door to check meat and got a bit of a whiff of the mr muscle. Could see a small streak on the rubber seal so wiped it off.

Got chicken out of oven. Still slightly caustic smell in the oven, but figured it’d be fine. Ate half of chicken. Realised probably shouldn’t eat chicken cooked in an oven that still smells of mr muscle.

Chucked chicken.

Spent half an hour googling “does the smell of mr muscle kill you” and imagining my insides corroding from the inside out, leaving my child motherless at Christmas.

Currently drinking a glass of milk and hoping for the best/ imagining the doctor in a&e telling me he’s sorry, there’s nothing he can do. I shouldn’t have been such a greedy cow and just slung the chicken before I ate half. (It was delicious though!)

Tell me I’m being an idiot please!

I am a bit like you. I accidentally ingested toilet cleaner when I dropped it into the toilet I had my mouth open and some particles when in. I rang my mum who works in a hospital and she laughed but I made her ask the nurses. They said I should be fine but if I feel unwell etc phone a&e. I then suddenly developed a sore throat etc so rang a&e and they told me I would be fine but again to contact them again if I felt unwell. The sore throat was all in my head because I was overthinking that I had poisoned myself and my throat was burning from the tiny particles 😂😂😂

I think that was your advice last time I freaked out over something daft too @Bluntness100 it is very sound advice!

I was hard-core last week and didn't even use gloves to wipe it off. My hands didn't even burn off.

@TakemedowntoPotatoCity

I was hard-core last week and didn't even use gloves to wipe it off. My hands didn't even burn off.

😱

@TakemedowntoPotatoCity

😱

Dicing with death!

OP "I am basically the human incarnation of 111."

😂😂😂

As our GP friend said when I asked about imminent death after accidentally taking two pills instead of one:
"You will certainly die but probably not today".

@TrickyD

I used to know a doctor who had shifts for an air ambulance charity (non medical) and whenever I was being a massive hypochondriac, he used to say with absolutely zero concern :

“Vaguely. Air is going in and out. You are upright. You can swallow and you can definitely talk. You’re fine”

I miss that friend. He was good for me

*im non medical.

Not that anyone would ever question that after this palaver ...

As you've cheated death for 24hrs, I suspect you'll be fine.

Time to prep for 🎄🎅

Honestly, you'll be fine. The amount of times my dinner actually tasted like mr muscle as a child because my mum didn't clean it all off properly. Still remember it now, 20 years on!

Loving the doctor comments

Re will the smell of Mr Muscle kill you, OP...

You can play the lead in the revamped Agatha Christie "Murder is Easy - sponsored by Mr Muscle". That'll take your mind off things 😂