I assume that your mom had a colonoscopy recently that diagnosed her. It would be very unusual for her to need another one. The pain you are describing could eaily be a nerve type pain. When the resection was done, it could have irritated or damaged a nerve in that area. Have you talked to the surgeon about this? If not, I would suggest that you do.
I realize that it is easy to assume that the cancer is back, etc. but I would highly doubt that that is the case. More than likely, there is some strained muscle or pinched or damaged nerve that will just take time to heal. Call the surgeon.