Updated iphone, lost everything, how do I get my purchased ringtones back on my phone?

I updated to the latest version today.  I don't know what happened, but I had no choice but to restore my phone to factory settings.  My most recent back up was several months ago, because I got a new computer and can't get my entire iTunes library to transfer to the new computer.  I've tried every single thing that has been suggested in the help sections online and nothing works. 
I can figure out how to get my purchased songs back on my phone, but how about my ringtones??? I'm even plugged into my old computer, which had the last sync, and I see all of my ringtones, but there's no option to download them to my phone. 
Help.

Did you fail to transfer itunes purchases to your computer before updating?
You only get one download of ringtones.  As always it is your responsiblity to backup your content.
You can try contacting itunes support and asking for an exception.

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