This is EXACTLY what happened to me! A piece of the wire came off and floated into my pulminary vein. I had a surgeon try to "fish" it out without any luck, he said it had tissue surrounding it and wasn't going to move. Now it is just there something I have to live with. I now wonder if in the future it will cause some sort of vein closure and cause problems. I not only have all my lumpectomy, chemo, and radiation bills, I have a new bill added that I feel I shouldn't have to pay! I'm already drowning in Dr. bills!!View Thread