Since I dl'd the dlc this morning, it was ready when I hopped on. Since I'd read about how much you can carry with you, and since I realized I had not gotten strong back for some reason, I went to the thorn to grind my way up a level. However, after killing about 10 groups of fire geckos, my game froze, and now every time I try and load a save, it just brings up a loading screen and never actually finishes loading.

Pretty frustrating. :/

Same exact problem. I installed DLC, and my save wont load. It goes to the spinning roulette wheel load screen, and just keeps going forever. It doesn't freeze or lock up, it just "loads" indefinitely. I was FINALLY able to access my saves by loading a much earlier file and then loading the newer one without exiting to the main menu.

That's exactly what I did after I deleted the DLC. Did you still have it installed while doing that?

Yeah, DLC installed and I was able to access it in-game. When I quit and try to re-load, I have to do the same thing to get it to load: Load a early save (mine was lvl 1) and then load your more recent one. It does work for me with honest hearts installed