Photos lost when iPhoto quit

Running OSX Lion 10.7.5.
Uploaded photos and was editing them, then iPhoto quit. Now I have lost all of that upload. GUTTED!!!
Is there any way to recover them?

Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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