ok ...its been a bad enough week but this is taking the p*£s! Family stresses, struggling with work and now I go and inhale oven cleaner! Throat hurting and chest tight, luckily dont think it requires trip to A&E (fingers crossed) just drinking lots of milk and sticking head out of window into frezing, wet night to get fresh air...I now hate Mr Muscle... the b$£*ard!

Sorry to hear that, that sucks ass. take it easy for the rest of the week (work-wise) and dedicate the next few days to doing things you enjoy...its nearly xmas (i.e. holiday time!!!)

And yes...Mr. Muscle does deserve a jail sentence, or at the very least, an ASBO.

Oooh, please be careful. That Mr Muscle is very nasty stuff.

If you are having a bad week, I think you could be forgiven for having a dirty oven - just close the door and nobody will know it is dirty unless you tell them.

Poor Diesal - sounds horrible. I hope you feel alright today, do watch it though because that stuff is really toxic. Don't take any chances with your health.
Sorry you have had a bad week so far, can you reward yourself by doing something nice for yourself @ the weekend...little shopping spree perhaps and buy yourself something nice, or go for drinks and have a winge with friends, or have a nice long bath and a face pack?
All the best.

Ouch! I did the same last summer, and it's comparable to opening a bottle of concentrated ammonia under your nose - I don't think it does the respiratory epithelium any good, but unless you inhaled loads, you should be ok. But how about phoning NHS Direct?

deiseal, you should be fine, I have inhaled worse than that, in fact I am suprised that I can still smell things.

If you are still feeling off today, please go to your GP or the A&E.

Tip for next time, make yourself a mask out of a pair of knickers put over your ears to cover your nose and mouth.

Hope you are feeling better today

Accident and Emergency, where you have to sit for at least 4 hours with groaning people until a triage nurse can assess you in about 30 seconds and you go out and wait for another 3 hours to see a doctor.

"I have inhaled worse than that". Are you trying to tell us something, H?

"Tip for next time, make yourself a mask out of a pair of knickers put over your ears to cover your nose and mouth" Er... is that something to help stop the fumes, or just a completely unrelated fashion accessory?

Yes matt I am, I used to work in the lab as a synthetic chemist and often did large-scale reactions.

Hey H, are you familiar with the good old smell of pyridine?

Deiseal, I once drank Febreeze (it was the middle of the night, I didn't put the kitchen light on and I though it was Coke). I survived, though I was doing Febreeze-scented burps for a week.

I love wintergreen personally.

lol @ juno. I really shouldn't laugh, but that's so funny

Any Febreeze I've had you would have had to spray it into your mouth??!!!