It is extremely important that an OB-GYN:
1. Listen to the…read morepatient
2. Respect the patient
Dr. Pamela Denson was incapable of neither of these things, and thus caused a current injury to become even worse. You know the whole "First, do no harm" oath that physicians take? Dr. Pamela Denson must not have been paying attention to that part, just like she wasn't paying attention when I told her why I was there: a third or fourth degree perineal tear, due to childbirth. It is extremely painful and extremely delicate, and thus extremely important for her to listen to me telling her that I have it, and then take that information ("I have a perineal tear") and apply it to the situation, in this case, the exam. She either wasn't listening when I told her, or she didn't care, because she did an exam as usual (and must be rough even with people who have no issues or injuries). The exam was so painful that I had to cry out, causing her to say "it's ok, it's almost over," as if I was a regular patient with no injury who was slightly uncomfortable. She then did a breast exam (after I had told her I was breastfeeding) and seemed shocked and worried at what she was feeling (milk, duh!), and then after a few moments said "oh, are you breastfeeding?"
Fast forward a few weeks later, and I am still in extreme pain every time I use the bathroom, and I am also having bleeding each time I use the bathroom, which was not the case when I went in to see her.
I was concerned about my injury and leaving the country soon, which is why I went to see Dr. Denson in the first place - just to have it looked at and make sure everything was ok. Rather than check it out and perhaps give me something to help it along, she injured me even worse, and also traumatized me. I am now out of the country for some time and must find a doctor who can try to undo the damage she did, as well as help me with the original problem. I just hope the damage Dr. Denson did is not irreversible.
Bottom line: Run, don't walk, to any other doctor on the planet. Dr. Denson is not just incompetent; she is dangerous.