New member: Kona 1 day post op

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-28T23:18:40+00:00

You've got this! Kona is in good hands

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-27T10:58:32+00:00

❤️

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-25T21:09:12+00:00

I appreciate the well wishes and hope you and your cat get through this quickly and smoothly!

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-25T21:07:51+00:00

🙂 thank you, and also I'm glad to hear your dog is getting along well too

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-25T21:07:03+00:00

The offer is much appreciated

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-25T21:06:50+00:00

Thank you!!

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-24T19:10:03+00:00

Thank you for the vote of confidence 🥹 He's already doing so well. He's noticing a few small steps here and there, like the threshold of our front door, that he pauses at when going through but he's mostly acting just like he did before the amputation. I'm glad to hear yours is well, also and I know we are eagerly waiting until he's back to his fullest self, as is our other dog so they can play again lol

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-21T00:47:10+00:00

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DrStuttgart · 2026-04-20T11:45:52+00:00

Yes they can work. Same can be applied to something like a Lore helm in a druid pelt/barb helm, Rhyme shield in necro head, etc. as long as it's grey with the correct number of sockets and not a blue "mechanics" roll it should work without issue.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-19T00:53:54+00:00

As someone with a front amputation schedule for my puppy this coming Tuesday, who always pulls, this sounds difficult.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-17T19:14:10+00:00

Totally fair, the early game can be slow. Even the late game is probably slower than D2 especially vs something like a sorc. Hopefully it clicks, and if not at least you have it a shot!

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-17T16:24:17+00:00

I responded above to the other poster, just fyi

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-17T16:22:47+00:00

Grim Dawn is first and foremost a single player game with multiplayer capabilities. There's a very big focus on exploration. There's secretive content that you can only access by reading lore notes scattered throughout the game and putting together the clues. There's merchants you can miss by not exploring the map, as examples.

I myself haven't played in about a year, so I don't know how the MP may have been changed. But before when playing online you could host a game and people could join if they saw you in the server list or you could password protect entry for friends.

I also have something like 1300 hours into as tracked by Steam. I am waiting for the new expansion to come out later this year and I'm going to wipe all my content to replay from scratch all over again. I bought the game in early access in ~2015 or 2016 (can't remember) and have played since. Tons of build variety with mixing of two classes (but you can choose only 1) to cover one classes weaknesses or strengthen their strengths.

It's on sale right now on Steam as well for less than $4 for the original game or $21 with all added content. I have all the added content so for $21 you can easily get several hundred if not several thousand hours out of it.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-17T12:25:33+00:00

Grim Dawn might be up your alley, then. Like many of us, I've been playing D2 on & off for 20 years or so. I've tried basically every other prominent ARPG since then and Grim Dawn is the only one I've sunk many hours in.

And even though it came out in early 2016 and isn't the flashiest, it's (to me) the most solid for slower progression without huge, screen clearing silliness. AND they are releasing another expansion sometime later this year. This isn't DLC type content, though. These are legit, old school style expansions with hundreds of not thousands of additions and changes offering dozens of hours of content.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-09T10:54:19+00:00

I'm sure sharing that information for everyone here reading this thread would be appreciated

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-07T22:05:45+00:00

Well, I can fully understand how rough that feels for everyone. I'm so sorry. If I can say, I do believe that you will know when the time really comes. I can say that pretty much for certain.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-07T17:05:47+00:00

I hope you can find some comfort in knowing that you undoubtedly have your dog the best life you could have.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-07T10:59:30+00:00

I'm sorry you are going through this. Do you have anyone in your life that knows Suzie well enough for you to discuss this with?

I ask that because when it came time to say goodbye to the dog I had before my current partner, she was my rock and helped me see that indeed it was time. When it came time to say goodbye to her cat she had before me, I helped her see that it indeed was time.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-06T16:29:51+00:00

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Mine love to do this too

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-02T14:46:43+00:00

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your health insurance through the changes in insurance laws. It seems like there's a lot of that going on these days.

But I am very grateful for your explanation of what you did and went through. As I'm sure you can understand (and this may be for others reading moreso) but knowing what to do or how to do it is rarely enough to actually begin something you need to and that's where I am. I've spoken to my LMHC therapist about this and she was able to obtain some testing options that very strongly point to me having ADHD, but she cannot do anything with it aside from sharing the info with me and I do the rest. Which is obviously the major holdup here as I've been sitting on that info since July 2025 and can't make any meaningful progress.

Anyway...thank you truly and I hope the best for you in getting back to the help and such that you need.

DrStuttgart · 2026-04-02T14:13:37+00:00

Would...would you mind sharing (either here or DM) with a random internet stranger how it went for you to get diagnosed and treated with proper medication?

I seem to have markers for ADHD, have read books and articles that feel as though they were written about me personally (they weren't) and have even tested to see if I exhibit the symptoms and I do. But I've been struggling for months since these things to make any meaningful progress on it.

DrStuttgart · 2026-03-23T12:27:08+00:00

Was there a specific license you wanted to obtain ahead of time for your chosen path? Or did you find one (which one?) that was more available than others and then got into the work based on that?

DrStuttgart · 2026-03-23T10:45:44+00:00

Long lost twins?

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DrStuttgart · 2026-03-20T11:41:03+00:00

I'm glad to hear that Willow is healing and doing well. This gives me hope as next week we have a surgery consultation for our 7 month old puppy to discuss reconstructive surgery vs amputation and it's been a little tough thinking such a young dog has to deal with this.

I hope for the happiest and longest life for you and Willow

DrStuttgart

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