A man suffering excruciating pain was forced to seek a hip replacement in Lithuania after surgeons in Scotland said he was too fat to have the operation.Former rugby player Richard Bovill, 55, had suffered pain for three and a half years before he resorted to taking drastic action just before lockdown in March and flew to the Baltic State.The day after his operation he was back walking with crutches but the day before he was in a wheelchair.He had suffered pain for three and a half years but prior to that he was extremely fit, running 10k every day.Richard explained: “In September 2010 I began to notice a twitch in my leg which got worse and worse and worse.