Photos gone after iOS8

Hi there,
Prior to iOS8, I had about 700 photos on my iPhone. I used My Photo Stream to synchronize the photos to all of my devices. On my Mac, I was running the public beta for Yosetime, so when I was prompted to use iCloud drive when installing iOS8, I agreed. Now all my devices have iCloud drive turned on. But, neither my iPhone or iPad have any of the photos on them that were before the update. I have lost every single picture. Should my photos be on my devices or did I actually delete them all when turning on iCloud drive?

I did it on my phone; I shared them to iCloud on my iPhone and then deleted them off of my camera roll, because I knew they would be stored on my iCloud. But, as you see, the next morning they were gone. :(((((((((((

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