Is this strictures? What can be done?

I've been feeling pretty good overall, and I'd almost say I'm in remission except for one recurring problem. I can go sometimes 12-18 hrs or more between BM's (which in this crowd is pretty good). Then I'll have a few solid, thin (width of finger), stools, but I feel like I'm not done. I'll go several more times over the next few hours, sometimes with great urgency, and they are less and less solid or D. But after I "get it all out" over a few hours, I feel good again until the cycle starts again. I don't have pains or cramping, but after the few hours I am spent and just need to lie down.

When I haven't had a BM all day I get worried because I just know the longer it builds up, the worse it's going to be later. And I can never seem to predict when it'll start. I assume this is caused by scarring and narrowing of the bowel. I have had CD for 18 yrs and a lot of inflammation for long stretches, and my doctor said there is scarring.

What can I do to manage this? More fiber? I generally avoid it though not completely. Should I take something to stop it from "building up", like a softener? Is surgery in my future?

Maybe you might try something like Metamucil or Benefiber.  Maybe that would help to regulate you a little more.  JMHO

I had to laugh a little at these responses One suggests no fiber, the other suggests adding fiber. It just goes to show managing CD is still very much guesswork (even for doctors), and everyone's disease is different.

Thanks for the replies.