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@cake - are you very tall by any chance? The procedure you had to stick your lung to your chest wall was a talc pleurodesis. It's very effective even though the theory behind it is pretty basic stuff.
Asthma can mean many things nowadays. Excercise-induced asthma is a real thing and is likely what the OP has. The cries of 'you're just not conditioned to ride up hills' are a bit off. A trip to the doctor will likely result in you being given a peak flow meter and a chart to fill out. You might also be given a blue (reliever) inhaler. If the blue inhaler makes you feel much better during these episodes, that's enough to diagnose asthma according to the British Thoracic Society.
In short: it's probably exercise-induced asthma; you don't have to put up with it; see your doctor about it.
Here's a humerous pictogram of a gentleman enjoying a peak flow meter a little too much: