I have found, as recommended by Mayo Clinic, that I need to take a heaping teaspoon of Metamucil (or equivalent that absorbs water) in as little water as required to make a barely drinkable slurry.

This will require some experimentation to determine how much Meta, how much water and how frequent you do it.

I do this 2 hours after breakfast (delay allows absorption of meds), a hour after lunch, 2 hours after supper (again to avoid issues with meds) and usually once overnight (3Am-4AM) when my sleep gets interrupted. If I'm on the go and can't use the power, I use Metamucil capsules.

Without the colon, water is not removed from your feces so it's like having continuous diarrhea. I was going 8-9 times a day.

The Metamucil absorbs the water and makes the stool semi-solid so the runnyness is reduced and one has less problems with control. I don't know if it helps with the odor... Thank God for restroom ventilation fans!

Hope this helps.