Hi guys ... broken SSD 128 GB ... the "Air" is consuming 0.5 GB !!! each minute !!! help me !!!

yesterday evening i was printing out a calendar using iPhoto.
it printed out 6 pages instead of 28.
it said it was completed.
i printed it out again.
and everythng worked fine.
but the system was very very slow.
at the end of the print process, i reset the system several time.
but nothing changed.
now, i discovered that the system is "using" 500 MB each minute.
i had 77 GB free ...
now, doing anything, i have only 23 GB free.
i checked the SSD, ad the disk utility said that the disk is broken and it needs to be fixed up, booting from another device ...
but, with the Air, it is impossible (it seems to me).
so ... anyone of you have an idea about what do i have to do?
thanks.
Mauro.

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