If you've got the patience for growing plants, surely you can wait for the HRT to do its thing! Before you know it, you'll start seeing someone that looks more like yourself in the mirror. ?
I'm very familiar with this feeling, as of recent...and it's an amazing feeling to see the long-term results.
Seriously cute picture, and a seriously cute cat! (Edited because I hit enter and not shift-enter, because dumb)