Heeding advice from others much smarter than me on the forums, I started using my left hand to shave with my DE (I won't have a chance to get to my straights to start for a few weeks) and I'm starting to realize how adept I'm not with my left hand. It feels a little better today than it did yesterday, but it is still completely foreign. I'm hoping this will help me with straight shaving when I can finally start doing it.