About the Book

It’s All In Your Head, Kathleen!

A Memoir of a Medical Victory!

Did you ever have something happen to you in your life when you felt a nudge or urge to share what was happening to you with others? I have felt nudged to share my story several times over the last few years while on this journey of unexplained physical and mental changes that eventually led me to a diagnosis and treatment for a condition called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH).

This is the story of how long it took me to reach the place where medical professionals decided to go ahead and perform the procedure that ended up changing my life. I went in with many symptoms that had greatly altered my life and was told that a shunt would probably not fix them all. But what was most important to me was the possibility of improving my balance, walking, changes in mental status, and incontinence issues.

My purpose in writing about my experience is to be informative and helpful to others in a similar situation. Hopefully, this information will help you to research NPH and discover if a VP shunt might be beneficial for you or a family member who may be struggling to get answers about this sometimes difficult to diagnose condition called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.