HELP! I'm desperate! Battery will be dead by the end of the month! HELP!

Hi, guys.
About 2 weeks ago I posted about my dying battery here ( http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=584893&tstart=0 ).
At that time it was holding 1800 mAh as maximum capacity.
Yesterday evening I saw a thread where someone reported the same problem, so I posted again there, and at that moment, maximum capacity of my battery was only 1570 mAh.
A few minutes ago, I was using my iBook and suddenly, without the low battery warning, my iBook shut off. It didn't go to sleep, it really shut off because there was no more power on the battery.
When I plugged it in and turned it on, I got the wrong date warning because my iBook went back to Dec 31 1969. So I decided to check maximum capacity again, and it showed unbelievable:
Battery Information:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1288
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 305
Amperage (mA): 1536
Voltage (mV): 12414
Cycle Count: 187
Yes, only 1288 mAh of maximum capacity.
My battery is dying and dying FAST!
Please, what should I do?
My warranty expired exactly 16 days ago.
HELP.
JP

Hi, Donny.
Thanks for trying to be so helpful but, as you can see on my profile, I live in Brazil and there's no Apple Store in our country.
The nearest Apple authorized center is 240km away from here and they would never give me a new battery out of warranty. I'm sure about that because they don't have the battery to give me. They would have to send warranty papers to Apple Brasil and ask them for a new one.
I'd really like to find a solution that does not involve replacing the battery.
Cheers.
JP

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