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Deb,
I'm so sorry to hear that they couldn't get a good biopsy sample.
How well are they sedating you during the procedure?
I hate to hear of anybody undergoing a painful procedure, but I'm asking for another reason too: My wife had bone marrow biopsies with minimal sedation (pain suppressed), with conscious sedation (totally asleep and unaware), and once with no sedation (which shouldn't have happened). They got more tissue and better samples when my wife was fully sedated, maybe because her muscles weren't tensed up or maybe because she was totally still.
Having an anesthesiologist present may make it harder to arrange for a biopsy, and may requiring checking insurance coverage, but there may be a good medical reason for you to request conscious sedation the next time.
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