Stool patterns changing?

I think you mean symptomatic remission. You need some measure of inflammation to say clinical or histological remission. But, I would call a month a good spell, and not even use the R word until the good spell was 4+ months.

I would also call that mushy stool a symptom, so maybe the month is over.

That said, I put up with stool consistency symptoms for a long time while waiting for Lialda to slowly get me better. I was leary for the stronger meds, and I thought that since I was missing a bit of my right colon, the mush might not be 100% due to UC.

Anyway, get the fiber right, consider a probiotic, keep watch. It might be the best you can do right now until you see how things go

good luck

What's your current prednisone dosage (i.e., 15mgs)? What is your taper amount (i.e., 5mgs)?

Ditto "remission" is a term that includes steroid-free.

I'd keep an eye on your symptoms as you continue to taper pred to zero. There's no reason to panic yet, but if things continue to worsen (see blood, urgency increase, frequency increase) then your maintenance medications may not be enough and you might need stronger doses and/or more medications to get off of the prednisone. If things got a lot worse on your next dosage drop, then you'd go back to your last safe-dose, call your gasteroenterolgist and wait for instructions (you'd up doses or add meds, wait a while for them to work, and then resume the taper). That's happened to me a couple times, known as prednisone-dependency (dependent on prednisone for your current quality of life, not addicted). Many of us feel wonderful and normal while on prednisone, however, it is a temporary-use medication and you must have sufficient maintenance-medications that enable you to get by without the pred.