In 2010 Patty retired from modeling and stopped posting updates. She continued to grow and, at her peak, she was 721 lbs and nearly completely immobile.

Some time later she broke up with his her husband and moved in to Reno, Nevada. The break-up didn't seem to have stopped her desire for continued weight-gain,as she was said to have enlisted a group of devoted fans(dubbed her "harem"), to help her gain weight and feed her, according to an article in the british "Closer", published in October 2012.[https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/ll-eat-60st-even-kills/ closeronline.co.uk]. The article further stated, that in order to track Patty's monthly weight-gain, her feeders took her to a nearby truck weighting station, to be able to measure her enourmous body. She continued to grow and, at her peak, she was 721 lbs and nearly completely immobile.

In 2013 Patty appeared in the TLC documentary ''"Fat for Cash"'', in which she regretted regreted becoming nearly bed-bound and immobile, because of her massive weight. Patty then started losing weight, and in 2015 she was down to 476lbs [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3333491/Morbidly-obese-woman-wanted-heaviest-female-world-loses-238lbs-721lb-frame-severing-ties-feeder-boyfriend.html dailymail.co.uk].