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I have about the same quantity as you do, I have never measured mine because it is just too much of a problem to collect the mucus without getting my urine in it also. But I seem to have probably the same amount of mucus discharge as you do. All the time every time I go to pee. I use a saline solution enema to clean it out and that does help for a very short time. It does keep it clean though. My mucus is very creamy in a beige color, sometimes it comes out in little balls. And sometimes it is so stinky I can smell it throughout the house . I just deal with it because I cannot trust that another surgery is going to go well, I have had so many hospital stays because of bowel blockages that I hope to no have to go to the hospital. And I live about two house from the closest good hospital that will deal with blockages. Hence I just live with it and stay home a lot.

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I guess, from what you write, that you're a woman. It's easy for me, as a man, to put a small cup 'in the right place' to catch just the mucus ; not every time, though. It can be a real surprise when I hear a massive quantity splashing down into the pan.

The mucus output only happens when I pass water. It interferes with one of the advantages that blokes have - namely standing up to pee. I could try larger pads which may catch all those ml but 1/2 pint a day would overwhelm any realistically sized pad.

I agree with your reluctance to try to solve this with surgery, though.