self.mc = pylibmc.Client(
    servers=[os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_SERVER_VAR)],
    username=os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_USER_VAR),
    password=os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_PASS_VAR),
    binary=True
    )

#...

if (self.mc != None):
    self.mc.set(key, stored_data)

#...

page = self.mc.get(key)

mc = pylibmc.Client(
    servers=[os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_SERVER_VAR)],
    username=os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_USER_VAR),
    password=os.environ.get(MEMCACHE_PASS_VAR),
    binary=True
    )
self.pool = pylibmc.ThreadMappedPool(mc)

#...

if (self.pool != None):
    with self.pool.reserve() as mc:
        mc.set(key, stored_data)

#...

if (self.pool != None):
    with self.pool.reserve() as mc:
        page = mc.get(key)