Can a way over-processed photo be repaired?

Hi,
I am currently using PSE8, and I have a color photo that has been 'adjusted' more times than I can count in the .JPEG format. I believe it was taken with an old NIKON 3 megapixel camera so there wasn't much color substance to start with. Long before I knew anything about layers and saving the original, I literally beat the daylights out of this photo and now it has more speckles in the color than the 'great speckled bird'. Unfortunately the original is gone forever and I was just wondering what if anything can be done to resurrect this photo. All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jakeman97

Hi Barbara,
I just scoured through some old back-up CDs and I found a copy of the photo in question that I didn't know existed....whew! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/ultra_classic/JacksRide.jpg This one doesn't appear to be too bad except for the sky that I did without really knowing how using PSE4. I do have a copy of the "Missing Manual" for PSE6 (I really didn't care much for PSE6) which has been most helpful. If I do any more with this photo it will be layer after layer for sure. Thanks for looking and I would appreciate any advice you could offer on how I could make this photo better.
Best regards,
Jakeman97

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