2-Digit Numbers forming Longest Reverse-and-Add Sequence

Theorem
Let $m \in \Z_{>0}$ be a positive integer expressed in decimal notation.

Let $r \left({m}\right)$ be the reverse-and-add process on $m$.

Let $r$ be applied iteratively to $m$.

The $2$-digit integers $m$ which need the largest number of iterations before reaching a palindromic number are $89$ and $98$, both needing $24$ iterations.

Proof
The sequence obtained by iterating $r$ on $89$ is:
 * $89, 187, 968, 1837, 9218, 17347, 91718, 173437, 907808, 1716517, 8872688,$
 * $17735476, 85189247, 159487405, 664272356, 1317544822, 3602001953, 7193004016, 13297007933,$
 * $47267087164, 93445163438, 176881317877, 955594506548, 170120002107, 8713200023178$

Note that $r \left({89}\right) = r \left({98}\right) = 187$, so the sequence obtained by iterating $r$ on $98$ is the same.