Muriel Shelley, from Bray is a woman who loves getting out and about: “I solve the world’s problems in my head when I’m out walking.” Unfortunately however, her hip pain robbed her of doing the things she loved. “People were stopping me on the street because they could see it on my face. I used to love Zumba and swimming, but I had to give them up. I’ve been in so much pain, even walking to a chair was a struggle. I couldn’t go out with friends, couldn’t keep up with my grandkids, and even had to spend my holiday in Lanzarote mostly in bed. I had no quality of life left.” “I was on the waiting list in Ireland for nine months. I was told I’d need to wait nine more months just for a pre-op. I got off the phone in tears. I was at my wit’s end.”