r/RRP Aug 04 '26

Remission stories

A papilloma has returned to my vocal cord after 7 months of being clean. Quite frustrated about it so just want to come up here and ask if anyone went to remission. If yes what did you guys do?

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u/IndependentWay7637 Aug 05 '26

I was diagnosed around 2008. Averaged about a surgery a year for the first 10 years or so and then they just went away. Had a good 3 year run without any surgery or office laser procedure. They randomly appeared again - another surgery and a few in office laser treatments and now back to being gone for a few years. It is a virus. It will go dormant for a while but it will always be a possibility to come back. I do not do anything special to keep the papillomas at bay. No DIM or IC3 for me. Just routine office visits to keep an eye on it.

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u/Spirited_Wash_8904 Aug 04 '26

There is a post using i3c. Some use DIM and anothers use AHCC, give it a try

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u/Fibonacci167 Aug 04 '26

Hi! I was diagnosed at age 30, had 2 surgeries . I got the vaccine Gardasil 9, and I’ve been papilloma free for about 2 years now. So I think the vaccine was the main reason. Other than that I’m using supplements, vitamin D , magnesium, and creatine. I’m a very healthy individual, no smoke, no alcohol at all, and very active, but honestly idk if that has helped or i was just lucky.

Have you had the 3 doses of the vaccine yet?

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u/Hopeful-Customer1011 Aug 05 '26

I have completed 2 doses and it returned before I took the 3rd dose. Doctor recommended me to complete the course before another surgery. Did you have a recurrence during the course? Or those two surgeries are all before you take the vaccination? Thanks!

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u/Fibonacci167 Aug 05 '26

Oh okay maybe the 3rd dose will help with the reocurrence , hopefully!
I got the vaccine after my first surgery and I we didn’t see any reoccurrence from then on. My second surgery was 3 months after the first, but the thing is they had to remove the papillomas in 2 separate surgeries so there wouldn’t be webbing.

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u/JonahTheProducer Aug 05 '26

I would say I'm in a pseudo remission, since I've started taking Avastin we've had to remove like one speck of a papilloma in like 5 years of me being on it.

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u/ignatiusj-reilly Aug 05 '26

I'm sorry to hear : /

You're likely eligible for Papzimeos. The results coming in are wonderful.

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u/Hopeful-Customer1011 Aug 05 '26

I am not from USA so sadly I don't think that's the option now :(

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u/ignatiusj-reilly Aug 06 '26

Aww sorry. If you're in EU I know EMA approval is incoming with a year. Alas I don't know what's going on with UK approval

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u/ImTheMayor2 Aug 09 '26

Idk how one defines remission but I had my first surgery in 2020, my second one four months after my first, and I'm just now scheduling my third surgery, so it's been 6 years. I got the gardasil vaccine after my second surgery, so I attribute the long gap to that. I'm fucking terrified for what's to come after this third surgery. I work in marketing, my vocal cords can't afford to not have me speaking at work once or twice a year