Great advice here. Also look at your water intake. Sometimes dehydration can cause some of your symptoms, including white mucous. Best to get a colonoscopy if you are this concerned. Also look at doing a very bland diet for a few weeks to see if that changes anything. I started eating a whole food diet, about 90% home cooked, some cheating with commercial spaghetti sauce and salad dressings, and that has helped decrease the amount of bloat in my system. I will also use a laxative once or twice a week. You don't have to use the whole suggested serving to begin with, experiment and see if that makes a difference. There's the metamucil types and then I am using a generic of dulcalax. I don't take the full dose. Experiment when you don't have to be anywhere the next day to keep your anxiety down.