Lost my photos from photostream after upgrading to ios8

Hey I recently lost all my iMac data through some kind of hardware damage, so I lost all the photos I had stored in Photo Stream. But to my relief, all photos from Jan 2014 on were still in the Photo Stream folder on my iPhone. But then I upgraded to ios8.3 and now they're all gone.  They're not stored on iCloud, they're not in the 'collections' tab in Photos.  Any chance I could recover any of them!?

Go to the App Store and check out the Purchases List. If iPhoto is there then it will be v9.6.1
If it is there, then drag your existing iPhoto app (not the library, just the app) to the trash
Install the App from the App Store.
Sometimes iPhoto is not visible on the Purchases List. it may be hidden. See this article for details on how to unhide it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928
One question often asked: Will I lose my Photos if I reinstall?
iPhoto the application and the iPhoto Library are two different parts of the iPhoto programme. So, reinstalling the app should not affect the Library. BUT you should always have a back up before doing this kind of work. Always.

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