SQL 2012 database stuck in Recovery Pending status

Hey all. Thanks in advance to anybody that can please help me. I have a SQL cluster which ran out of disk the other day. I threw plenty more disk at the SAN. However, 1 of the databases came back with Recovery Pending and has been
over 24 hours. I have tried to backup the database with no success. I don't have a clean backup from the day it occured so would have a good amount of work missing.
Running a dbcc check returns the following:
Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Line 1
Database 'sqldb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
I have not tried a dbcc check with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS as there seems to be a high risk of losing whatever was going on. Does anybody have an idea of how I can get the db back online?

Just a note... the database is not in Suspect mode, it is in Recovery mode. If there is a transaction in process, attaching and reattaching may or may not trigger the transaction to complete. The answer would be different if the database
were in suspect mode. The fact that it is now in CHECKPOINT shows that there is an incomplete transaction. Once back online, a backup can occur and the CHECKPOINT can resolve.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/110139?wa=wsignin1.0
Seems to me this is more like a case where the database is in log ship mode. In that case, the solution is relatively simple (this is not what needs to happen... it simulates what has happened):
RESTORE DATABASE MyDB WITH RECOVERY
USE master
ALTER DATABASE MyDB SET OFFLINE WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
ALTER DATABASE MyDB SET ONLINE
RESTORE DATABASE MyDB WITH RECOVERY
I don't believe you want to rollback anything though. As you state above, the big trick is to bring it online.
I think you can get it into Single User Mode and then from there, restore the diffs and the logs after backing up the tail, then restore the tail and put it back into multi-user mode. Given the difference in opinion here, I am feeling a little gunshy.
RESTORE DATABASE [MyDB]
FROM DISK = 'c:\MyDB.BAK'
WITH MOVE 'MyDB_Data' TO 'c:\data\MyDB.mdf',
MOVE 'MyDB_Log' TO 'c:\data\MyDB_log.ldf'
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