To Prednisone or not to Prednisone?

Quincy: No fiber, but perhaps I should work that in. I just upped from 2 to 3 capsules/day of VSL #3.

Colgone: So glad you found something that worked! I hope the LDN continues to work for you. Fortunately, I've now had several fully formed, blood free BMs in the past few days so I think I'm doing better. So glad I went with my gut and refused the pred.

Ernee - my somewat joking line is that the fiber supplements will fix whichever problem I have. It adds bulk to the stools, so instead of looseish little stools that my body strains to expell, the stools are bigger and easier to pass - it binds them together more.
If I were heading toward hard stools, no doubt I'd find them softer because of the fiber supp.
If I eat fiber in food, that can loosen my stools (my teeth don't meet well, possibly foods don't get broken down enough in chewing) but the packaged fiber makes them better formed.
Some folks can't tolerate the fiber supplements. For me, it's hugely important.