Is Lion upgrade the new iFailure ?

Hello!
I need help with this Lion "OS".
The problem I ran into was this one:
http://www.gibni.com/cant-login-after-os-x-lion-install-solved
Following the above instruction I managed to "fix" the login problem but all my files are gone, nothing there at all.
Note: I have used FileVault for my home directory and my guess is that that is part of the problem
I have multiple backups taken with "Time machine" before the upgrade, I can see several files that I hope
is my FileVault home directory. I can also see all the backup dates going back several months but each directory is
empty when I enter Time Machine, so I cannot restore my files.
I need to restore all my pictures from my vacation, I thought they were safe but Apples Q&A seems to be a joke.
At least a warning during the upgrade would have been nice..
What can I do to get back my data? 
I assume it is to install Snow Leopard using my CD and try and restore my user.
Cheers,
Henrik

Some what resolved.
I mounted the <username>.sparsebundle and I'm now copying the relevant data.
It seems that 10.7 comes with FileVault 2, ( the whole disk is encrypted ), and in 10.6 you only had your home directory as an encrypted sparse file. The new version will make it easier for Time machine to both take backups and restore them, with the earlier version Time Machine was limited to restoring the home directory in its entirety. You learn something every day...
It cannot be that hard to warn a user during the upgrade that this can happen...
Cheers,
Henrik

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