Drug left mum, 27, needing bladder replacement after £1,000 a month habit
Amber Currah, 27, has been left incontinent following her ketamine use
Amber Currah says ketamine “ruined” her life and she needs a bladder replacement(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
A 27-year-old mum has told how she has been left needing a new bladder due to her £1,000 a month ketamine habit. Amber Currah first tried ketamine on a night out with friends when she was 17 years old.
Article continues below
Just four months later Amber, from Morcambe in Lancashire, shared that she was taking 25 grams of the class B drug every week. Soon afterwards she noticed that the habit was starting to impact her bladder, and she had to begin wearing an incontinence pad every day.
Article continues below
The enormous quantity of ketamine that she consumed could put someone in a dissociative state, known colloquially as a “K-Hole”, each day.
Article continues below
Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE
Using ketamine repeatedly can cause damage to the bladder’s lining over time, which in turn can lead to symptoms including incontinence, bleeding, blockages, infections, and need to urinate more.
Amber has now been clean of ketamine for 17 months, but still suffers from several health complications as a result.
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info
She needs to urinate every 15 minutes, and will sometimes lie in the bath for eight hours a day in an attempt to relieve her bladder pain.
Now, doctors have informed Amber that her intense, chronic use has meant her bladder is a fifth of the size it should be and she needs a transplant.
Amber is unable to work or live normally, and says that ketamine has “ruined” her life.
Now, she is warning others to stay well away from the drug. “I first tried it when I was 17 on a night out with friends. I tried it and actually didn’t like it, I felt like a zombie,” she said.
Amber is warning others to steer clear of ketamine(Image: Kennedy News and Media)
“I just kept taking it now and then over a couple of years then ended up liking it. It was a gradual thing. When I was about 19, I started taking it more and more. I found that every time I took ketamine, it seemed to calm my mind. At around 21, I just started taking it every single day.”I would wake up in the mornings and sniff a line of ket. I’d wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and just sniff another line – that’s how addicted I was. It took me around two years to actually admit that I was fully addicted. I was spending around £30 a day on ket, sniffing 25 grams a week.”