I am so sorry that I didn't catch this before June 30th. Hope you did well and would love to hear how it did go...were you able to get the anesthesiologist to hear you?
I have had 3 biopsys and I much prefer the epidural. The 1st time, I had no choice, and it was General....on the 2nd (at local hospital) I expressed my concerns and was given a choice. The epidural was MUCH better for me.
At the 3rd biopsy (Univeristy Medical Center) the anesthesiolgist told me that the normal procedure was general anesthesia. I told him my preference and said that "I'm hard to wake up and when I do wake up, I'm in a really BAD MOOD." He said "You are in a bad mood?"...and I said "yes", so he conferred with the docs and I got my way.
My sister, who was present, congratulated me for standing up for myself... :o