The last biopsy I had was like that @pjs05 - she started out using too small a needle too, that couldn't suck anything out - so then after several 'stabs' replaced it with a bigger needle & had 5 more goes .... like you - I was battered & bruised. :( Stuffing a chicken is a very good description of it - that's how I felt too!!
Have you had the scans/biopsies in a major cancer centre (rather than just a radiology place?) I find the Cancer Centres are a tad more 'caring ....
It's good that they are on top of it tho ..... most of us have been absolutely gobsmacked when told we had BC. I am the first in my family to have it (we've always had heart attacks!) I was fit & healthy & enjoying life before my diagnosis ..... not quite so now, tho life is 'ok' :(
take care & all they best xx