If your green card will get revoked for abandonment of U.S. residency, you could receive a new one by going through the entire process (immigrant petition, interview, etc.) once again. You might be able to convince USCIS not to revoke your green card by showing that you always intended to return to your U.S. residence at some future date. Maintaining accounts in U.S. banks and with retailers, keeping memberships and subscriptions, having a place to live available (if not, keeping furniture and household items in storage), maintaining a current driver's license, etc. - all of it usually helps. Make sure to preserve a letter of your doctor stating that you should not travel now, and have it with you (with a certified translation if it is in any language other than English) when you travel to the U.S. Under the circumstances, I would say the chances are fairly good that you will be let into the country without too much ado. However, there are no guarantees. You might also apply for an advance parole. Use Form I-131 (the form, instructions, and the link for on-line filing are at uscis.gov/forms). If approved, this document would give you up to 2 years outside of the U.S. without the risk of losing your green card.
Answered on Dec 17th, 2013 at 5:58 PM