All photos in iphoto gone - is this really happening?

OK, i have searched all day about this but no answer is working, and I see this has happened to so many people but have not seen anything super recent so hopefully there has been a fix. I just upgraded to Mountain Lion after being on OS 6.8 for a long time. Everything seems to be fine, but when I go to open iPhoto all of my thousands of photos are gone and there is NO library it can even locate. I did manual searches and everything. What have I done??? My wedding photos my vacations everything.
Why should a simple upgrade erase all of my memories?
NO....i do not use Time Machine to back anything up so please tell me that they are still in the hard drive somewhere. Worst case scenario I did back my stuff up a few years ago to an external hard drive. I was literally just this morning going to upload everything to Backblaze.com but did this first.
I am feeling like a real idiot and wish I would have known not to upgrade. Please someone help.

What version of iPhoto are you currently running? What size does the Finder say your iPhoto Library is? By default it will be located in your Pictures folder.
It's probable that the library is damaged and your photos are still there. Assuming you are running iPhoto 9 (11) do the following: apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with
Option #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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Fix #1
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Fix #2
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Some previously purchased movies may not be available in iTunes in the Cloud. These movies will indicate that they are not available in iTunes in the Cloud on their product details page in the iTunes Store. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer available in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore.
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What version of iPhoto and system are you running?
Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
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iPhoto 8 (09) and earlier- run the options indicated
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Fix #2
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Close iPhoto
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Drag this library to your desktop
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Create a new library or choose a library to open
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You can also delete the old library on the desktop.
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