IMessage switched to Text Message on Verizon after iOS 5.1 Update

Hi-
I just noticed that my iMessage messaging seems to be non-functioning and a conversation I was having with my fiancee via iMessage is now in Text Message "mode".  We both updated to iOS 5.1 the other day and I'm wondering if something broke after the update as the iMessage funtionality was working before we updated.
Anyone else have this issue?
Do we both need to be on a Wi-Fi network in order for iMessage to work (I'm on Wi-Fi now but I suspect she is in a 3G area)?
Thanks,
S

I have had this same problem, but only after I am on the phone.  Several other people I know have had the same issues.  The two best things I found that fix it are to place in airplane mode for a minute and to turn off iMessage, then do a network reset, then turn the iMessage on after the reset.  It's a pain to have to constatnly do this, but it works. 

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