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> 「盲腸なんて、年にかかわらず、痛くなるときゃ **なる** んだ。」  
>  For things like appendicitis, regardless of age, when it gets painful ???

I don't understand what the second なる is referring to in this sentence. Is it
just an abbreviation of 痛くなるときは痛くなる, reinforcing that pain is not related to
age? I can't think what else it could be.
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Meaning of adj-なるときゃなる
You're perfectly correct, it's 痛くなるときは痛くなる. The expression implies you cannot
predict or control when it hurts, similarly to the English saying "what will
happen will happen".
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